Captive-born intergeneric hybrid of a Guiana and bottlenose dolphin: Sotalia guianensis×Tursiops truncatus

Zoo Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 647-657

  Caballero, S ^a,b   Baker, C S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Dolphin; Genetics; Guiana dolphin; Hybrid

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE;

SOTALIA; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77958158205     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20299     Document Type: Article

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