First Evidence for Adoption in California Sea Lions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Flatz, Ramona ^a   Gerber, Leah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION GROWTH; SEAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SUCKLING;

ZALOPHUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEA LIONS;

EID: 78249233255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013873     Document Type: Article

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