Genes or Culture: Are mitochondrial genes associated with tool use in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)?

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 706-714

  Bacher, K ^a   Allen, S ^b   Lindholm, A K ^a   Bejder, L ^b   Krutzen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Gene culture co evolution; Social learning; Tool use

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BIOPSY; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; INHERITANCE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL LEARNING; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; PORIFERA; RESPIRATION;

TURSIOPS;

EID: 77956186372     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9375-8     Document Type: Article

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