Patterns of paternal relatedness in British grey seal colonies

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-292

  Worthington Wilmer, J ^a   Overall, A J ^a   Pomeroy, P P ^b   Twiss, S D ^c   Amos, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding behaviour; Female mate choice; Grey seal; Microsatellite; Paternal relatedness; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; INBREEDING; PATERNAL RELATEDNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; PATERNITY; SCOTLAND; SEALS, EARLESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GRYPUS; HALICHOERES; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0034060732     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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