Restricted mating dispersal and strong breeding group structure in a mid-sized marsupial mammal (Petrogale penicillata)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2997-3007

  Hazlitt, S L ^a   Sigg, D P ^a   Eldridge, M D B ^b,c   Goldizen, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding group structure; Inbreeding avoidance; Mating dispersal; Microsatellites; Petrogale; Rock wallaby

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FATHER; HISTOLOGY; INBREEDING; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FATHERS; INBREEDING; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PETROGALE; PETROGALE PENICILLATA;

EID: 33747058214     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02985.x     Document Type: Article

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