Genetic analysis reveals promiscuity among female cheetahs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1621, 2007, Pages 1993-2001

  Gottelli, Dada ^a   Wang, Jinliang ^a   Bashir, Sultana ^a,b,d   Durant, Sarah M ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cheetahs; Mating system; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity; Paternity analysis

Indexed keywords

FELID; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOME RANGE; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547167067     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0502     Document Type: Article

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