Nesting fidelity and molecular evidence for natal homing in the freshwater turtle, Graptemys kohnii

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1570, 2005, Pages 1345-1350

  Freedberg, Steven ^a   Ewert, Michael A ^a   Ridenhour, Benjamin J ^a   Neiman, Maurine ^a   Nelson, Craig E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental sex determination; Microsatellite genotyping; Natal homing; Sex ratio; Turtle

Indexed keywords

HOMING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; NESTING; SITE FIDELITY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TURTLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIIDAE; GRAPTEMYS PSEUDOGEOGRAPHICA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

FRESH WATER; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FRESH WATER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; TENNESSEE; TURTLES;

EID: 24044460451     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3080     Document Type: Article

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