Telomere length and age in pinnipeds: The endangered Australian sea lion as a case study

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 841-851

  Izzo, Christopher ^a   Hamer, Derek J ^b   Bertozzi, Terry ^c   Donnellan, Stephen C ^a   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b United Water   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age class; Australian sea lion; Forensics; Management; Neophoca cinerea; Pinniped; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHROMOSOME; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETICS; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PINNIPED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; NEOPHOCA CINEREA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 80053647427     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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