Male mating success in an aquatically mating pinniped, the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), assessed by microsatellite DNA markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 627-638

  Coltman, D W ^a,c   Bowen, W D ^b,d   Wright, J M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harbour seal; Mating success; Microsatellite; Paternity analysis; Phoca vitulina; Pinniped

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN;

ANIMALS; FATHERS; FEMALE; LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NOVA SCOTIA; REPRODUCTION; SEALS, EARLESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MARTES ZIBELLINA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0032077927     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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