Heterozygosity and extra-pair paternity: Biased tests result from the use of shared markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2010-2021

  Wetzel, Daniel P ^a   Westneat, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterosis; Mate choice; Mate compatibility; Microsatellite markers; Randomization; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 65549092236     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04114.x     Document Type: Article

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