First analysis of multiple paternity in an oviparous shark, the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula L.)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-173

  Griffiths, Andrew M ^a   Jacoby, David M P ^a,b   Casane, Didier ^c   McHugh, Matthew ^a   Croft, Darren P ^b   Genner, Martin J ^a,d   Sims, David W ^a,e  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coercive mating; dogfish; egg laying; elasmobranch; genetic polyandry; Scyliorhinidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HATCHLING; MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA L; SHARK; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHARKS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; SCYLIORHINIDAE; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 84857565371     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr112     Document Type: Article

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