Paternal alleles enhance female reproductive success in tropical pythons

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1783-1787

  Madsen, Thomas ^a,b   Ujvari, Beata ^a   Olsson, Mats ^a   Shine, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity; Reproductive success; Water python

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BOIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LIASIS FUSCUS; PYTHONIDAE;

EID: 18244396634     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02505.x     Document Type: Article

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