Genetic analysis of the mating system of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) in New Zealand farmland

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 869-879

  Taylor, A C ^a   Cowan, P E ^b   Fricke, B L ^c   Cooper, D W ^d  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Conservation and Management of Marsupials ^*  (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding structure; CA repeats; Marsupial; Paternity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; AUSTRALIA; HABITAT; MATING SYSTEM; MATING; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; OPOSSUMS; PATERNITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0033927005     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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