Relatedness and social organization of coypus in the Argentinean pampas

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-155

  Tunez J I ^a   Guichon M L ^a   Centron D ^b   Henderson, A P ^c   Callahan, C ^c   Cassini, M H ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Myocastor coypus; Polygyny; Rodents; Social system

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MYOCASTOR COYPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 58149092855     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04006.x     Document Type: Article

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