DNA fingerprinting evidence of nonfilial nursing in grey seals

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-85

  Perry, Elizabeth A ^a   Boness, Daryl J ^a   Fleischer, Robert C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Fostering; Grey seal; Halichoerus grypus; Kin selection; Nonfilial nursing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEALS, EARLESS;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GREY SEAL; NURSING;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOSTERING; GREY SEAL; KIN SELECTION;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 0031597547     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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