Essays about: "extra-group paternity"

Found 1 essay containing the words extra-group paternity.

  1. 1. Pride and prejudice : extra-group paternity in lions and the effects of marker density on kinship and relatedness estimates

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Julia Jansson; [2017]
    Keywords : lion; mating structure; extra-group paternity; Single Nucleotide Polymorphism SNP ; marker density; panthera leo;

    Abstract : The development effective high-throughput sequencing techniques has allowed further insight to the mating systems of wild animal populations and challenged our perception that reproductive behaviour can be predicted from social structure. A recent study of lions (Panthera leo) in Etosha National Park, Namibia, found evidence of extra-group paternity (EGP) which has never before been confirmed among lions. READ MORE