Multiple mating strategies explain unexpected genetic mixing of New Zealand fur seals with two congenerics in a recently recolonized population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5267-5276

  Lancaster, Melanie L ^a,d   Goldsworthy, Simon D ^a,b   Sunnucks, Paul ^a,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative mating strategies; Arctocephalus; Hybridization; Mate choice; Microsatellite; Paternal haplotype

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37249062622     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03586.x     Document Type: Article

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