Paternity and kinship patterns in polyandrous moustached tamarins (Saguinus mystax)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 449-464

  Huck, Maren ^a,b,e   Löttker, Petra ^a,c   Böhle, Uta Regina ^d   Heymann, Eckhard W ^a  

^a Deutsches Primatenzentrum   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Deutsches Primatenzentrum   (Germany)

^e GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kinship patterns; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity; Polyandry; Saguinus mystax

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MALE; PATERNITY; SAGUINUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 7244220306     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20136     Document Type: Article

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