Complex social organization reflects genetic structure and relatedness in the cooperatively breeding bell miner, Manorina melanophrys

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1339-1347

  Painter, Jodie N ^a,c   Crozier, R H ^a,d   Poiani, A ^a,e   Robertson, R J ^b   Clarke, M F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Genetic structure; Microsatellites; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENE STRUCTURE; MALE FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0033824681     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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