Neighbouring-group composition and within-group relatedness drive extra-group paternity rate in the European badger (Meles meles)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2191-2203

  Annavi, G ^a,b,c   Newman, C ^a   Dugdale, H L ^b,d   Buesching, C D ^a   Sin, Y W ^a,b,e   Burke, T ^b   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding density; European badger; Extra pair paternity; Group composition; Heterozygosity; Inbreeding; Mate incompatibility; Mating system; Promiscuity

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84911371568     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12473     Document Type: Article

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