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Evidence of multiple paternity in spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) broods based on microsatellite analysis |
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| Authors: | C. R. Lage C. W. Petersen D. Forest D. Barnes I. Kornfield C. Wray |
| Affiliation: | * College of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Maine at Augusta, Augusta, ME, U.S.A., ? College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A., § Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME, U.S.A. and ‖ School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | An understanding of alternative mating systems is a fundamental requirement for the effective management of vulnerable species. Microsatellite analysis of spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias broods from the north‐west Atlantic provides novel evidence of polyandry in this species. |
| Keywords: | microsatellite multiple paternity polyandry spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias |