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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
Abstract excerpt
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 stem from copulations with males other than the social mate of the female. Single broods contained up to 62% extra-pair...
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