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Local genetic structure in a white-bearded manakin population.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2003
Höglund Jacob, Shorey Lisa
Abstract excerpt
Local genetic structure was studied in lekking white-bearded manakins in a study area on northern Trinidad, West Indies. The study population consisted of nine leks, at which a total of 238 birds were caught. By genotyping the individuals at eight polymorphic microsatellite loci we inferred some males on leks to be related (r = 0.25) as we found an average number of 14.8 half-sib relationships and two full-sib...
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