Multilocus fingerprinting and single locus analyses in the great tit for paternity determination.

doi:10.1002/elps.1150171010

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Multilocus fingerprinting and single locus analyses in the great tit for paternity determination.

Electrophoresis - 1 Oct 1996

Lubjuhn T, Epplen C, Epplen J

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In order to arrive at detailed information about the occurrence of alternative reproductive tactics in the great tit (Parus major) we examined parental lineages by multilocus fingerprinting in 51 great tit broods containing 429 nestlings. In 45% of the broods at least one nestling was found to st...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Birds
DNA Fingerprinting
Female
Heterozygote
Male
Mutation
Paternity

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