Parentage assignment and extra-group paternity in a cooperative breeder: The Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2263-2273

  Richardson, D S ^a   Jury, F L ^a   Blaakmeer, K ^b   Komdeur, J ^b   Burke, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Extra pair paternity; Likelihood analysis; Microsatellite; Parentage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; EXTRA PAIR PATERNITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEYCHELLES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0034812864     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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