Molecular analysis of dispersal in giant pandas

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3792-3800

  Zhan, X J ^a,b   Zhang, Z J ^a   Wu, H ^a   Goossens, B ^c   Li, M ^a   Jiang, S W ^d   Bruford, M W ^c   Wei, F W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Wanglang National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Birth den; Giant panda; Inbreeding avoidance; Inclusive fitness; Noninvasive genetics sampling; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHINA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE; URSIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 34548558901     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03450.x     Document Type: Article

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