High frequency of multiple paternity in the largest rookery of Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtles

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3703-3711

  Zbinden, Judith A ^a   Largiadèr, Carlo R ^a   Leippert, Fabio ^a   Margaritoulis, Dimitris ^b   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Solomou   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Mediterranean; Microsatellites; Paternal contributions; Polyandry; Zakynthos

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34548536409     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03426.x     Document Type: Article

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