Paternity loss in contrasting mammalian societies

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-516

  Clutton Brock, T H ^a   Isvaran, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding systems; Mammals; Paternity

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MATE GUARDING; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845585905     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0531     Document Type: Article

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