A method to improve confidence in paternity assignment in an open mating system

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2073-2076

  Kasumovic, M M ^a,b   Ratcliffe, L M ^a   Boag, P T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY;

BREEDING POPULATIONS; MATING SYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATERNITY;

AVES; EMPIDONAX; EMPIDONAX MINIMUS; PASSERI;

EID: 1642301389     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-198     Document Type: Article

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