Lower reproductive success in hybrid fur seal males indicates fitness costs to hybridization

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3187-3197

  Lancaster, Melanie L ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b   Goldsworthy, Simon D ^a,c   Sunnucks, Paul ^a,d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus; Hybrid fitness; Mean d2; Microsatellite; Paternity; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERRITORIALITY;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI;

EID: 34447642903     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03339.x     Document Type: Article

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