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Alternative mating strategies in Atlantic salmon and brown trout.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Garcia-Vazquez E, Moran P, Martinez J L, Perez J, de Gaudemar B, Beall E
Abstract excerpt
By screening variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) loci, multiple paternity within clutches has been found in wild populations of southern European Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta). For Atlantic salmon, we determined the relative contribution of alternative male phenotypes to the next generation. Individual males that are morphologically juvenile yet sexually mature fertilized a...
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