Genetic determination of paternity in captive grey mouse lemurs: Pre-copulatory sexual competition rather than sperm competition in a nocturnal prosimian?

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1047-1063

  Andrès, Marjorie ^a   Gachot Neveu, Hélène ^b   Perret, Martine ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

^b Centre de Primatologie   (France)

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EID: 0035643059     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901753286560     Document Type: Article

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