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Mating system, mate preference and rarity of blonde prairie voles, microtus ochrogaster

Getz, Lowell L.; Pizzuto, Theresa M.

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Title
Mating system, mate preference and rarity of blonde prairie voles, microtus ochrogaster
Author(s)
  • Getz, Lowell L.
  • Pizzuto, Theresa M.
Issue Date
1987
Keyword(s)
  • Reproductive system
  • Integumentary system
  • Population genetics
  • Ecology
  • Voles
  • Animal behavior
  • Behavioral biology
Abstract
Rarity of the blonde color morph in prairie vole populations is attributed to: a recessive trait requiring breeding between siblings or parents and their offspring for the color morph to be prominent within a population; the mating system of the prairie vole which results in suppression of reproduction between family members, except for young that have dispersed from the natal nest; and a mate preference of blondes for normal-colored individuals and of normal-colored individuals for blondes, which reduces probability of mating between blonde siblings that have dispersed from the natal nest.
Publisher
Illinois State Academy of Science
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright 1987 Illinois State Academy of Science

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Monogamy and social organization of the prairie vole PRIMARY