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Post by kaley on May 17, 2006 10:56:31 GMT -5
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Post by kaley on May 17, 2006 12:05:24 GMT -5
Sorry - I guess the link won't work from off campus...Damn journals!! I'll try to figure out a way to post/attach the file without breaking any copyright laws! Suggestions?
Kaley
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Post by kaley on May 17, 2006 15:28:28 GMT -5
Below is the abstract (basically a summary) of the paper I was trying to post...If anyone wants to read the full paper, I can email a PDF copy...
Enjoy!
Kaley
Multiple Paternity and Breeding System in the Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus
Jamie C. Moon, Earl D. McCoy, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Stephen A. Karl
From the Department of Biology, University of South Florida, SCA 110, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620. Jamie C. Moon is now at the Department of Biology, University of North Florida, 4567 St. John's Bluff Road South, Jacksonville, FL 32224. Stephen A. Karl is now at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Manoa, PO Box 1346, Kane'ohe, HI 96744
Address correspondence to S. A. Karl at the address above, or e-mail: skarl@hawaii.edu.
Little is known about the reproductive behaviors and the actual outcomes of mating attempts in the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). We examined the mating system and reproductive behaviors of a population of gopher tortoises in central Florida. Using microsatellite markers, we assigned fathers to the offspring of seven clutches and determined that multiple fathers were present in two of the seven clutches examined. We found that gopher tortoises exhibited a promiscuous mating system with larger males fertilizing the majority of clutches. The advantage of larger males over smaller males in fertilizing females may be a result of larger males winning access to females in aggressive bouts with other males or larger males may be more attractive to females. Clutches produced by larger females tended to be sired by a single male, whereas clutches of smaller females tended to be sired by multiple males.
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Post by joeysgreen on May 17, 2006 18:11:12 GMT -5
Neato!
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Post by walter6 on Jan 17, 2013 8:05:24 GMT -5
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