Behavioural inbreeding avoidance in wild African elephants

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4138-4148

  Archie, Elizabeth A ^a,f   Hollister Smith, Julie A ^b   Poole, Joyce H ^c   Lee, Phyllis C ^d   Moss, Cynthia J ^c   Maldonado, Jésus E ^a   Fleischer, Robert C ^a   Alberts, Susan C ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Smithsonian Genetics Program   (United States)

Author keywords

African elephant; Inbreeding; Kin recognition; Mate choice; Microsatellites; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; KENYA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; KENYA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

EID: 34748923488     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03483.x     Document Type: Article

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