Unravelling the components that underlie insect reproductive traits using a simple molecular approach.
Applications of RAPD technology to questions of paternity and maternity in studies of insect reproductive traits are discussed. We present three case studies where RAPD fingerprinting reveals levels of complexity in insect systems that help us to understand the causal mechanisms underlying observed behaviour. Finally, we consider ways in which RAPD data can be analysed to generate information about kinship.
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Yale University, Department of Biology, New Haven, CT 06511.
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D000818:Animals; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D007313:Insecta / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics
D017931:DNA Primers; D005819:Genetic Markers