Sex-biased dispersal and a density-independent mating system in the Australian brushtail possum, as revealed by minisatellite DNA profiling

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1527-1537

  Ji, W ^a   Sarre, S D ^b   Aitken, N ^b   Hankin, R K S ^a   Clout, M N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Contact rate; Mating system; Re colonization; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC SIMILARITY; MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; POLYGYNY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RECOVERY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POSSUM; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA, SATELLITE; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OPOSSUMS; PATERNITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034994225     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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