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We analyzed the occurrence and frequency of multiple paternity of a new freshwater shrimp species C. ensifera blue using polymorphic microsatellite markers.

The occurrence of multiple paternity of a brood was unambiguously established by the occurrence of more than two paternal alleles across at least two loci, to allow for the possibility of mutation at one locus.

Contrary to males, females may be interested in multiple paternity of their clutch of eggs.

Communal nesting and multiple paternity of litters both improved offspring survival in wild house mice.

We found no overall effect of multiple paternity on litter size, but we found an unexpected interaction that masked the effect of paternity on litter size: multiple paternity increased litter size in the intrusion treatment, whereas there was no significant effect in the controls.

Britain has been submitted to multiple paternities of orders of magnitude far greater than 10 families in the past.

Such markers would make it much easier to obtain comparative data on levels of multiple paternity for a range of species.

Multiple mating may depend upon females' condition, but we found no evidence that female inbreeding status influenced that rate of multiple paternity, regardless of the males' genetic similarity.

Relative testes size was associated with multiple paternity, length of mating season and litter size, but not ovulation mode (Table 1).

We found only a few cases of multiple paternity involving males of different populations.

Variation in male reproductive success and high levels of multiple paternity reveal evidence of intense competition between males in our experimental populations.