Genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal in resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1607-1612

  Möller, Luciana M ^a   Beheregaray, Luciano B ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assignment tests; Bottlenose dolphins; Dispersal; Microsatellites; Philopatry; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PACIFIC OCEAN; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 17544398237     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02137.x     Document Type: Article

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