Low nonpaternity rate in an old Afrikaner family

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 268-273

  Greeff, Jaco M ^a   Greeff, Francois A ^c   Greeff, Andre S ^b   Rinken, Lucas ^c   Welgemoed, Dawid J ^b   Harris, Yolanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Extrapair copulation; Extrapair paternity; Genealogy; Mutation rate; Pedigree; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862494952     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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