Mate choice screening in captive solitary carnivores: The role of male behavior and cues on mate preference and paternity in females of a model species, American mink (Neovison vison)

Authors: Christina Lehmkuhl Noer, Thorsten Johannes Skovbjerg Balsby, Razvan Anistoroaei, Mikkel Stelvig, Torben Dabelsteen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: american mink, breeding success, mate choice, mate preference, olfaction

2017

Comparison of the genetic variation of captive ring-tailed lemurs with a wild population in Madagascar

Authors: Jennifer Pastorini, Michelle L. Sauther, Robert W. Sussman, Lisa Gould, Frank P. Cuozzo, Prithiviraj Fernando, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Nicholas I. Mundy

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, conservation, genetic variability, lemur catta, microsatellites, mtdna sequences

2015

Paternity testing using microsatellite DNA markers in captive Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

Authors: Ken Sakaoka, Isao Suzuki, Naeko Kasugai, Yohei Fukumoto

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cross-species amplification, extra-pair paternity, null alleles, paternity exclusion probability, probability of identity, spheniscidae

2014

Extra-pair paternity confirmed in wild white-handed gibbons

Authors: Claudia Barelli, Kazunari Matsudaira, Tanja Wolf, Christian Roos, Michael Heistermann, Keith Hodges, Takafumi Ishida, Suchinda Malaivijitnond, Ulrich H. Reichard

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: genetic paternity, gibbons, hylobates lar, monogamy, pair-living, polyandry

2013

Identifying parentage using molecular markers: Improving accuracy of studbook records for a captive flock of marabou storks (Leptoptilus crumeniferus)

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Ocean R. Cohen, Paul Schutz, Katherine A. Leighty, Chelle Plasse, Tammie L. Bettinger, Eric A. Hoffman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, extra-pair paternity, microsatellite, parentage, pedigree, studbook

2013

Male mating behaviour in relation to female sexual swellings, socio-sexual behaviour and hormonal changes in wild Barbary macaques

Authors: Christopher Young, Bonaventura Majolo, Michael Heistermann, Oliver Schülke, Julia Ostner

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: barbary macaque, macaca sylvanus, male reproductive strategies, paternity confusion, post-conception mating, progestogens, sexual swellings

2013

The parental investment models of Maynard Smith: a retrospective and prospective view

Authors: Alasdair I. Houston, Tamás Székely, John M. McNamara

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: desertion, game theory, parental care

2013

Scent marking increases male reproductive success in wild house mice

Authors: Kerstin E. Thonhauser, Shirley Raveh, Attila Hettyey, Helmut Beissmann, Dustin J. Penn

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: house mouse, male–male competition, marking consistency, mus musculus musculus, reproductive success, scent marking, social preference

2013

Stable heterosexual associations in a promiscuous primate

Authors: Julia Ostner, Linda Vigilant, Jyotsna Bhagavatula, Mathias Franz, Oliver Schülke

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: assamese macaque, friendship, macaca assamensis, male–female association, mating success, pair bond evolution, paternal care, paternity

2013

Using rattlesnake microsatellites to determine paternity in captive bushmasters (Lachesis muta)

Authors: Krystyn Pozarowski, Jamie Ivy, Hans-Werner Herrmann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cross-species amplification, crotalinae, crotalus, genetic loci, lachesis muta, population management, sistrurus

2013

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