Multiple paternity in a salamander with socially monogamous behaviour

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4153-4160

  Liebgold, Eric B ^a,c   Cabe, Paul R ^b   Jaeger, Robert G ^a   Leberg, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellite; Multiple paternity; Parentage; Plethodon cinereus; Salamander; Social monogamy

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33750219149     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03076.x     Document Type: Article

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