Evidence for Multiple Paternity in the Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
- 21 May 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 71 (2) , 139-144
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1382159
Abstract
Multiple paternity was demonstrated in wild common shrews (Sorex araneus) by analysis of segregating chromosomal variants. In four of 32 pregnancies, chromosome arms k and o were shown to be transmitted on the male side in three different arrangements. Distorted segregation provides further evidence that multiple paternity occurs frequently in this species.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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