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Genetic monandry in 6 viviparous species of true sea snakes.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Lukoschek Vimoksalehi, Avise John C
Abstract excerpt
Using a suite of 10 highly variable microsatellite loci, we conducted genetic paternity analyses for 76 embryos in the broods of 12 pregnant females representing 6 viviparous species of true sea snakes (Hydrophis clade) in the family Elapidae. To our surprise, we uncovered no evidence for multiple paternity within any of the clutches despite the fact that the genetic markers showed high intraspecific...
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