Microsatellite markers reveal the potential for kin selection on black grouse leks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1421, 1999, Pages 813-816

  Höglund, Jacob ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^b   Lundberg, Arne ^a   Rintamäki, Pekka T ^a   Lindell, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Kin selection; Leks; Microsatellites; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

GENETIC MARKER; KIN SELECTION; LEK; PHILOPATRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; PHASIANIDAE; TETRAO TETRIX; TETRIX;

EID: 0033594541     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0710     Document Type: Article

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