Low frequency extra-pair paternity in the Willow Tit Parus montanus as revealed by DNA fingerprinting

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Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 562-566

  Orell, Markku ^a   Rytkönen, Seppo ^a   Launonen, Virpi ^a   Welling, Petteri ^a   Koivula, Kari ^a   Kumpulainen, Kimmo ^a   Bachmann, Lutz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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PARUS MONTANUS; SALIX;

EID: 1842332077     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04673.x     Document Type: Article

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