Weak polygyny in california sea lions and the potential for alternative mating tactics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Flatz, Ramona ^a   González Suárez, Manuela ^a,b   Young, Julie K ^a,c,d   Hernández Camacho, Claudia J ^a,e   Immel, Aaron J ^a   Gerber, Leah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MATING; MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEAL; TERRITORIALITY; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEA LIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84858226633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033654     Document Type: Article

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