Genetic relatedness in wintering groups of house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4696-4706

  Liker, A ^a   BOkony, V ^a   KulcsAr, A ^b   TOth, Z ^a   SzabO, K ^c   Kaholek, B ^d   PEnzes, Z ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Association; Dispersal; Feeding groups; House sparrow; Kinship

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUNGARY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUNGARY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROWS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 70449346449     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04363.x     Document Type: Article

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