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Microsatellite analysis of female mating behaviour in lek-breeding sage grouse.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2001
Semple K, Wayne R K, Gibson R M
Abstract excerpt
We used microsatellite DNA markers to genotype chicks in 10 broods of lek-breeding sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, whose mothers' behaviour was studied by radio-tracking and observing leks. Previous behavioural studies suggested that almost all matings are performed by territorial males on leks and that multiple mating is rare. Two broods (20%) were sired by more than one male. Genetic analyses of the...
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