title: A low rate of multiple maternity for pregnant male northern pipefish Syngnathus fuscus.
abstract: Microsatellite parentage analysis was applied to 22 broods of the northern pipefish Syngnathus fuscus for the first time. The majority of males mated singly, 23% of males mated with two females, and no males mated with more than two females. The arrangement of embryos within the brood pouch of multiply mated males reflects a previously undocumented fill pattern where full-sib groups are segregated within the pouch by both right and left sides as well as anterior and posterior ends.
authors: Department of Biology, 3258 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, U.S.A.
authors: K A
authors: KA
authors: Paczolt
authors: Department of Biology, 3258 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, U.S.A.
authors: W E
authors: WE
authors: Martin
authors: Department of Biology, 3258 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, U.S.A.
authors: N L
authors: NL
authors: Ratterman
authors: Department of Biology, 3258 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, U.S.A.
authors: A G
authors: AG
authors: Jones
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D052286:Viviparity, Nonmammalian / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: microsatellite; parentage analysis