Fine-scale genetic structure in a free-living ungulate population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 733-742

  Coltman, D W ^a   Pilkington, J G ^b   Pemberton, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dispersal; Matriline; Microsatellite; Ovis aries; Relatedness; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE ISOENZYME 2; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TRANSFERRIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE, MITOCHONDRIAL; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENSUSES; DNA; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; INBREEDING; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0037348845     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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