Multiple paternities increase genetic diversity of offspring in Brandt's voles

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 745-749

  Huo, Ying jun ^a,b   Wan, Xin rong ^a   Wolff, Jerry O ^c   Wang, Guiming ^d   Thomas, Shawn ^e   Iglay, Raymond B ^d   Leopold, Bruce D ^d   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic relatedness; Inner Mongolia; Microsatellite markers; Multi male mating; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; KINSHIP; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION GENETICS; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PATERNITY TEST; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

LASIOPODOMYS BRANDTII; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 77953916925     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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