Multiple paternity in Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) clutches during a reproductive season at Xuanzhou Nature Reserve

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-424

  Hu, Yun ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Bing ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alligator sinensis; microsatellite marker; multiple paternity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BREEDING SEASON; CROCODILIAN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HERITABILITY; PATERNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANHUI; CHINA; CHINESE ALLIGATOR NATURE RESERVE;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR SINENSIS;

EID: 77954715091     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853810791769446     Document Type: Article

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