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Insights into population ecology and sexual selection in snakes through the application of DNA-based genetic markers.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Gibbs H L, Weatherhead P J
Abstract excerpt
Hypervariable genetic markers have revolutionized studies of kinship, behavioral ecology, and population biology in vertebrate groups such as birds, but their use in snakes remains limited. To illustrate the value of such markers in snakes, we review studies that have used microsatellite DNA loci to analyze local population differentiation and parentage in snakes. Four ecologically distinct species of snakes all...
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