A harp seal x hooded seal hybrid

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 460-468

  Kovacs, Kit M ^a,e   Lydersen, Christian ^b   Hammill, Mike O ^c   White, Bradley N ^d   Wilson, Paul J ^d   Malik, Sobia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cystophora cristata; Harp seal; Hooded seal; Hybridization; Macrosatellite DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Phoca groenlandica; Species specific sequences

Indexed keywords

CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE;

FIRST DOCUMENTATION; HARP SEAL; HOODED SEAL; HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMALS; SEALS;

EID: 0030618495     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00652.x     Document Type: Article

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