Extrapair paternity and maternity in the three-toed woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus: Insights from microsatellite-based parentage analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Li, Meng Hua ^a   Välimäki, Kaisa ^a   Piha, Markus ^b   Pakkala, Timo ^b   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FINLAND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MATERNAL CARE; MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOGAMY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; PICOIDES TRIDACTYLUS; POLYANDRY; POLYGYNY; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOODPECKER; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; PICOIDES TRIDACTYLUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LOD SCORE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 70849101611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007895     Document Type: Article

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