Polygynandry, extra-group paternity and multiple-paternity litters in European badger (Meles meles) social groups

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5294-5306

  Dugdale, Hannah L ^a,b   Macdonald, David W ^a   Pope, Lisa C ^b   Burke, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervus; Extra Pair Copulation (EPC); Mating system; Microsatellites; Mustelidae; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CERVUS; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 37249011825     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03571.x     Document Type: Article

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