A low rate of multiple maternity for pregnant male northern pipefish Syngnathus fuscus |
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Authors: | K A Paczolt W E Martin N L Ratterman A G Jones |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, 3258 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Microsatellite parentage analysis was applied to 22 broods of the northern pipefish Syngnathus fuscus for the first time. The majority of males mated singly, 23% of males mated with two females, and no males mated with more than two females. The arrangement of embryos within the brood pouch of multiply mated males reflects a previously undocumented fill pattern where full‐sib groups are segregated within the pouch by both right and left sides as well as anterior and posterior ends. |
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Keywords: | microsatellite parentage analysis |
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