Population structure of ice-breeding seals

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3078-3094

  Davis, Corey S ^a   Stirling, Ian ^a,b   Strobeck, Curtis ^a   Coltman, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Arctic; FST; Microsatellite; Pinnipeds; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHOCA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEAL;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PINNIPEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEALS, EARLESS;

ERIGNATHUS; FELIDAE; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PANTHERA PARDUS; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 42249115750     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03819.x     Document Type: Article

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