Patterns of relatedness and parentage in an asocial, polyandrous striped hyena population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4356-4369

  Wagner, Aaron P ^a   Creel, Scott ^b   Frank, Laurence G ^c   Kalinowski, Steven T ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Hyaena hyaena; Maternity; Paternity; Polyandry; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; KENYA; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HYAENIDAE; KENYA; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HYAENA HYAENA;

EID: 34848894793     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03470.x     Document Type: Article

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