Multiple paternity in the cooperatively breeding fish Neolamprologus pulcher

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1581-1589

  Dierkes, P ^a,b   Taborsky, M ^a,b   Achmann, R ^c  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Cichlids; Lake Tanganyika; Microsatellites; Parentage

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PATERNITY; POLYANDRY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER; PERCIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 48349129071     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0587-3     Document Type: Article

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