Estimating Incidence of Multiple Paternity of Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles on South Padre Island, Texas

Little is known about the genetic mating system of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii. Jensen et al. (2006) found a positive relationship between the incidence of multiple paternity (MP) and the estimated population size of rookeries. In the high density Kemp's ridley Rancho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frankel, Anna
Other Authors: Dean Williams
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Texas Christian University 2011
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Online Access:http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-05022011-162749/