Article
Single- and multilocus DNA fingerprinting of communally breeding pukeko: do copulations or dominance ensure reproductive success?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Sept 1994
Lambert D M, Millar C D, Jack K, Anderson S, Craig J L
Abstract excerpt
In behavioral and ecological studies the "function" of dominance hierarchies is thought to be related to reproductive success. In particular, dominant males are regarded as likely to gain a reproductive advantage due to enhanced "access" to females. We compare the dominance status of adults with...
Topics
- Animals
- Birds
- DNA
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Satellite
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- New Zealand
- Pedigree
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Social Behavior