Genetic Structure and Kinship Patterns in a Population of Black Howler Monkeys, Alouatta pigra, at Palenque National Park, Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 948-957

  Van Belle, Sarie ^a,b   Estrada, Alejandro ^b   Strier, Karen B ^a   Di Fiore, Anthony ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta pigra; Dispersal; Genetic variation; Microsatellite DNA; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; KINSHIP; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATAL DISPERSAL; POLYMORPHISM; PRIMATE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MALE; MEXICO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; MALE; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PALENQUE NATIONAL PARK;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84865318026     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22047     Document Type: Article

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