The genetic similarity between pair members influences the frequency of extrapair paternity in alpine marmots

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-95

  Cohas, Aurélie ^a,b   Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles ^c   Bonenfant, Christophe ^a   Goossens, Benoît ^d   Genton, Céline ^a   Galan, Maxime ^e   Kempenaers, Bart ^b   Allainé, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

alpine marmot; cooperative breeding; inbreeding; Marmota marmota; mating system; miscrosatellite; relatedness; reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INBREEDING; PATERNITY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SKEWNESS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 46549083003     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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