A tale of two siblings: Multiple paternity in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) demonstrated using microsatellite markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 241-247

  Vonhof, M J ^a   Barber, D ^b,e   Fenton, M B ^c   Strobeck, C ^d  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Mesker Park Zoo ^*

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Eptesicus fuscus; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity; Post copulatory sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 33645059968     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02801.x     Document Type: Article

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