Lizards in 'nuclear families': A novel reptilian social system in Egernia saxatilis (Scincidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 743-752

  O'Connor, D ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Monogamy; Nuclear family; Paternity; Sociality

Indexed keywords

AVES; EGERNIA; EGERNIA SAXATILIS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037350986     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01777.x     Document Type: Article

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