Reconstruction of paternal genotypes over multiple breeding seasons reveals male green turtles do not breed annually

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3625-3635

  Wright, Lucy I ^a   Fuller, Wayne J ^b   Godley, Brendan J ^a   McGowan, Andrew ^a   Tregenza, Tom ^a   Broderick, Annette C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF LEFKE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

breeding frequency; Chelonia mydas; genotype reconstruction; marine turtle; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CYPRUS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TURTLES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84863717531     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05616.x     Document Type: Article

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