Variation in microsatellites and mtDNA across the range of the Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 338-346

  Trujillo, Robert G ^a   Loughlin, Thomas R ^b   Gemmell, Neil J ^c   Patton, John C ^a   Bickham, John W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PINNIPED;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PINNIPEDIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 16544383223     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0338:VIMAMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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