Fine-scale population genetic structure in a fission-fusion society

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2666-2679

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Smithsonian Genetics Program   (United States)

Author keywords

African elephant; Dispersal; Kinship; Mating behaviour; Microsatellites; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KENYA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; KENYA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 44249105644     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03797.x     Document Type: Article

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