Reproductive skew and relatedness in social groups of European badgers, Meles meles

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1815-1827

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binomial skew index; European badger Meles meles; Kinship; Microsatellite; Reproductive suppression; Within group relatedness

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSTELIDAE; REPRODUCTION;

MELES MELES;

EID: 41149089743     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03708.x     Document Type: Article

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