Multiple paternity in socially monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1667-1671

  Solomon, Nancy G ^a   Keane, Brian ^a   Knoch, Lana R ^a   Hogan, Paula J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BONDING; ENDOCRINOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SATELLITES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

MICROSATELLITES; MULTIPLE PATERNITY; OCHROGASTER; PAIR BONDING;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

MONOGAMY; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; RODENT;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 22744452674     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-142     Document Type: Article

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