Twinning and heteropaternity in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-102

  Ely, John J ^a   Frels, William I ^b   Howell, Sue ^c   Izard, M Kay ^a   Keeling, Michale E ^d   Lee, D Rick ^a  

^a Alamogordo Primate Facility   (United States)

^b BIOQUAL INC   (United States)

^c Primate Foundation Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dizygotic; Maternal half sibs; Monozygotic; Polyovulation; Superfecundation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATERNITY; PATERNITY TEST; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 33646260894     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20310     Document Type: Article

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