Multiple paternity in egg clutches of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 601-605

  Joseph, J ^a   Shaw, P W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Eretmochelys imbricata; Hawksbill turtle; Marine turtles; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM; TURTLE;

MALAYSIA;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79952703930     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0168-7     Document Type: Article

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