Hierarchical polygyny in multiparous lesser flat-headed bats

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3669-3680

  Hua, Panyu ^a   Zhang, Libiao ^b   Zhu, Guangjian ^a,b   Jones, Gareth ^c   Zhang, Shuyi ^a   Rossiter, Stephen J ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alternative mating tactics; genetic; kinship; microsatellite; parentage; sibships; Tylonycteris pachypus

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

TYLONYCTERIS PACHYPUS;

EID: 80052089047     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05192.x     Document Type: Article

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