Multiple paternity occurs with low frequency in the territorial roe deer, Capreolus capreolus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-139

  VanpE C ^a,b   Kjellander, P ^b   Gaillard, J M ^c   Cosson, J F ^d   Galan, M ^a,d   Hewison, A J M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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

Author keywords

Female multiple mating; Fertilization insurance; Inbreeding avoidance; Individual heterozygosity; Microsatellites; Offspring survival; Paternity analyses; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

DEER; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MULTIPLE MATING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SURVIVAL;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 65249104901     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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