Evidence for size and sex-specific dispersal in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2974-2984

  Stiver, K A ^a   Desjardins, J K ^a   Fitzpatrick, J L ^a   Neff, B ^b   Quinn, J S ^a   Balshine, S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic similarity; Lake Tanganyika; Microsatellites; Neolamprologus pulcher; Relatedness values; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CICHLID; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; PISCES;

EID: 34447130917     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03350.x     Document Type: Article

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