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Multiyear multiple paternity and mate fidelity in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2009
Lance S L, Tuberville T D, Dueck L, Holz-Schietinger C, Trosclair P L, Elsey R M, Glenn T C
Abstract excerpt
We examined multiple paternity during eight breeding events within a 10-year period (1995-2005) for a total of 114 wild American alligator nests in Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in south-west Louisiana. Our goals included examining (i) within population variation in multiple paternity among years, (ii) variation in multiple paternity in individual females and (iii) the potential for mate fidelity. To accomplish...
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