TY - JOUR
T1 - Promiscuity and high level of multiple paternity in common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis)
T2 - Data from microsatellite markers
AU - Oppliger, Anne
AU - Degen, Loic
AU - Bouteiller-Reuter, Caroline
AU - John-Alder, Henry B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. We thank N. Di Marco who process the DNA extraction, T. Madsen (Lund, Sweden) and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments on the submitted draft. This study was supported by the Swiss National Foundation (grant MHV: 32-63171.00 to AO), the Agassiz Foundation of the University of Lausanne (AO), the Société Académique Vaudoise (AO), the foundation Dr. Joachim de Giacomi de l’ASSN (AO) and the National Science Foundation (grant IBN-0135167 to HBJ.-A).
PY - 2007/4/1
Y1 - 2007/4/1
N2 - Little is known about the mating system of the common wall lizard Podarcis muralis. Behavioural and observational data have demonstrated that females frequently mate with multiple males. However, the possible occurrence of multiple paternity has never been investigated. By using microsatellite paternity analysis in a wild population, we document this species indeed mate promiscuously and these matings resulted in multiple paternity in at least 87% of the clutches examined.
AB - Little is known about the mating system of the common wall lizard Podarcis muralis. Behavioural and observational data have demonstrated that females frequently mate with multiple males. However, the possible occurrence of multiple paternity has never been investigated. By using microsatellite paternity analysis in a wild population, we document this species indeed mate promiscuously and these matings resulted in multiple paternity in at least 87% of the clutches examined.
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U2 - 10.1163/156853807780202477
DO - 10.1163/156853807780202477
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547927429
SN - 0173-5373
VL - 28
SP - 301
EP - 303
JO - Amphibia Reptilia
JF - Amphibia Reptilia
IS - 2
ER -