Relatedness and avoidance of inbreeding in the lizard, Tiliqua rugosa

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 367-372

  Michael Bull, C ^a   Cooper, Steven J B ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inbreeding avoidance; Lizards; Microsatellite DNA; Monogamy; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; LIZARD; RELATEDNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

TILIQUA RUGOSA;

EID: 0344578040     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050631     Document Type: Article

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