Polymorphism at the avpr1a locus in male prairie voles correlated with genetic but not social monogamy in field populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4680-4695

  Solomon, N G ^a   Richmond, A R ^a   Harding, P A ^a   Fries, A ^a   Jacquemin, S ^a   Schaefer, R L ^a   Lucia, K E ^a   Keane, B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic monogamy; Microtus; Social monogamy; Sociogenomics; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 70350757795     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04361.x     Document Type: Article

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