Genetic monogamy despite social promiscuity in the pot-bellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2345-2352

  Wilson, A B ^a   Martin Smith, K M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mating system; Microsatellite genotyping; Sex role reversal; Syngnathidae; Traditional sex roles

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; TASMANIA;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS ABDOMINALIS; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE;

EID: 34250162510     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03243.x     Document Type: Article

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