Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markersreveal extra-pair parentage in a bird species: the bluethroat(Luscinia svecica)

We tested the use of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) to assess the frequencyof extra-pair parentage in a bluethroat (Luscinia svecica namnetum) population.Thirty-six families totalling 162 nestlings were analysed. Using a combination of threeprimer pairs, we reached an exclusion probability of 93% for the population.

S. QUESTIAU, M.C. EYBERT, Molecular Ecology (1999) 8 , 1331-1339