Genetic relationships within colonies suggest genetic monogamy in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-015-0219-z" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-015-0219-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-015-0219-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13364-015-0219-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Genetic relationships within colonies suggest genetic monogamy in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)

Original language description

Social monogamy, considered rare in mammals, has been described in two species of beaver, the Eurasion beaver (Castor fiber), and the North American beaver (Castor Canadensis). Social monogamy, however, does not necessarily imply genetic monogamy. For example, in group living mammals, females may engage in extra-pair copulations as a result of increased female mate choice opportunities. Recently, following genetic analysis, a wide range of genetic relationships among colony members have been documentedin the North American beaver, including extra-pair paternity. Here, we used microsatellite loci to provide parentage estimates from colonies of the Eurasian beaver in the Kirov region, Russia. No evidence for the presence of any extra-pair young was detected. However, in two cases, we found a pair of unrelated males inhabiting a single colony. Our results suggest that while colonies may comprise both related and unrelated individuals, the genetic mating system appears to match that of th

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mammal Research

ISSN

2199-2401

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

60

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

139-147

UT code for WoS article

000351153500006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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