Finding fathers: Spatio-temporal analysis of paternity assignment in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1939-1953

  Twiss, Sean D ^a   Poland, Veronica F ^b   Graves, Jefferson A ^b   Pomeroy, Paddy P ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Microsatellites; Paternity analyses; Pinniped; Reproductive success; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHOCA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 33646595628     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02927.x     Document Type: Article

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