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Multiple paternity in free-living root voles (Microtus oeconomus).
Behavioural processes - 1 Oct 2009
Borkowska Anetta, Borowski Zbigniew, Krysiuk Kamil
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We used 10 microsatellite loci to determine the mating system and male reproductive success in a natural population of the root vole (Microtus oeconomus). By genotyping 21 females and their 111 offspring (5.28+/-0.27 S.E. pups per female), we found evidence for multiple paternity in 38% of the li...
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