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The genetic mating system and tests for cuckoldry in a pipefish species in which males fertilize eggs and brood offspring externally.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2001
McCoy E E, Jones A G, Avise J C
Abstract excerpt
Highly variable microsatellite loci were used to study the mating system of Nerophis ophidion, a species of pipefish in which pregnant males carry embryos on the outside of their body rather than in an enclosed brood pouch. Despite this mode of external fertilization and brooding, otherwise rare in the family Syngnathidae, the genotypes of all embryos proved to be consistent with paternity by the tending male,...
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