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Variation in multiple paternity in natural populations of a free-spawning marine invertebrate.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2007
Johnson Sheri L, Yund Philip O
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For free-spawning marine invertebrates, fertilization processes control the genetic diversity of offspring. Each egg can potentially be fertilized by a sperm from a different male, and hence genetic diversity within a brood varies with levels of multiple paternity. Yet, few studies have characterized the frequency of multiple paternity in natural spawns. We analysed patterns of multiple paternity in two...
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