Multiple paternity: Determining the minimum number of sires of a large brood

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 282-291

  Eriksson, A ^a   Mehlig, B ^a   Panova, M ^a   Andre, C ^a   Johannesson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combinatorial optimization; Littorina; Microsatellite DNA; Multiple paternity

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS;

EID: 77949340318     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02753.x     Document Type: Article

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