Effects of brood size on multiple-paternity rates: a case for ‘paternity share’ as an offspring-based estimate

Molecular paternity analysis has opened a new perspective to our understanding of mate choice and the evolution of mating systems. Genetic paternity data can now be produced with relative ease, but the interpretation of the data can constitute a challenge. Particularly in multiple paternity measures...

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Published in:	Animal behaviour Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 563 - 571
Main Authors:	Eccard, Jana A., Wolf, Jochen B.W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01-08-2009
Subjects:	binomial probability distribution Biologi Biology clutch size confidence limits extrapair paternity litter size multiple paternity multiple-male mating NATURAL SCIENCES NATURVETENSKAP paternity share multiple-male mating paternity share clutch size confidence limits multiple paternity litter size binomial probability distribution extrapair paternity
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