Molecular insight into patterns of colony composition and paternity in the common mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1217-1229

  Bishop, J M ^a   Jarvis, J U M ^a   Spinks, A C ^a   Bennett, N C ^a,b   O'Ryan, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeder; Cryptomys; Ecological constraints; Extra pair paternity; Microsatellites; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLE RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

CRYPTOMYS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS HOTTENTOTUS;

EID: 1942421760     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02131.x     Document Type: Article

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