Getting long in the tooth: A strong positive correlation between canine size and heterozygosity in antarctic fur seals arctocephalus gazella

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 527-538

  Hoffman, Joseph I ^a   Hanson, Nora ^b   Forcada, Jaume ^c   Trathan, Phil N ^c   Amos, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body size; canine tooth; heterozygosity fitness correlation; marine mammal; otariid; pinniped; skull size

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CUSPID; FUR SEALS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LONGEVITY; MALE; SKULL;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954990794     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq045     Document Type: Article

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