Confirmation of low genetic diversity and multiple breeding females in a social group of Eurasian badgers from microsatellite and field data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 533-539

  Domingo Roura, Xavier ^a,b,c   Macdonald, D W ^a   Roy, M S ^d   Marmi, J ^a,b   Terradas, J ^c   Woodroffe, R ^e   Burke, T ^f   Wayne, R K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex microsatellites; Maternity; Meles meles; Reproductive behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0037305815     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01707.x     Document Type: Article

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