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D Laloi1, M Richard, J Lecomte
1Laboratoire d'Ecologie, UMR 7625, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 quai Saint Bernard, case 237, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France. dlaloi@snv.jussieu.fr
Abstract:
The common lizard (Lacerta vivipara) is a small live-bearing lacertid that reproduces once a year. In order to document the poorly known mating system of this species, we present here an assessment of multiple paternity using microsatellite markers. Paternities were established within 122 clutches belonging to two wild populations from contrasted areas and to four seminatural enclosed populations. The proportion of multiply sired clutches was found to be very high (between 50.0% and 68.2%) and similar among populations, which suggests that the mating system of this species may be insensitive to environmental and population conditions.
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