title: Mixed parentage in Neolamprologus pulcher groups.
abstract: Genetic data collected on co-operatively breeding Neolamprologus pulcher groups from Lake Tanganyika revealed mixed parentage in 80% of the groups examined. A case (1/11) of shared maternity was detected where a subordinate female bred alongside the dominant female in a social group. Extra-pair paternity was assigned to other dominant males who held their own social groups, but subordinate males were not found to father young in any group (0/9).
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, USA. kelly.stiver@yale.edu
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Stiver
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Desjardins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balshine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D023681:Cichlids / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013636:Tanzania