Clustering of related individuals in a population of the Australian lizard, Egernia frerei

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1207-1213

  Fuller, S J ^a,c   Bull, C M ^a   Murray, K ^a   Spencer, R J ^b,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Egernia; Lizards; Philopatry; Relatedness; Social group

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIZARD; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 16344378497     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02478.x     Document Type: Article

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