Multiyear multiple paternity and mate fidelity in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4508-4520

  Lance, S L ^a   Tuberville, T D ^a   Dueck, L ^a   Holz Schietinger, C ^a   Trosclair III, P L ^b   Elsey, R M ^b   Glenn, T C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Mate fidelity; Mating systems; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; LOUISIANA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

EID: 70350043874     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04373.x     Document Type: Article

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