Egg production and individual genetic diversity in lesser kestrels

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2383-2392

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a   Calabuig, Gustau ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a   Aparicio, José Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg production; Egg size; Falco naumanni; Genetic variability maintenance; Heterozygosity

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZYGOTE;

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 34250190278     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03322.x     Document Type: Article

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