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Unravelling the components that underlie insect reproductive traits using a simple molecular approach
1Yale University, Department of Biology, New Haven, CT 06511.
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|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
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.

