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Extrapair Paternity and Maternity in the Three-Toed Woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus: Insights from Microsatellite-Based Parentage Analysis

Molecular techniques have revealed that avian mating systems are more diverse and complex than previously thought. We used microsatellite markers to determine genetic parentage, the prevalence of extrapair paternity and quasi-parasitism (i.e. situations where a male's extrapair mate lay in his...

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Autores principales: Li, Meng-Hua, Välimäki, Kaisa, Piha, Markus, Pakkala, Timo, Merilä, Juha
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2774519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19924300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007895