Male genetic structure and paternity in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-588

  Inoue, Eiji ^a   Akomo Okoue, Etienne François ^a,b   Ando, Chieko ^a   Iwata, Yuji ^c   Judai, Mariko ^a   Fujita, Shiho ^d   Hongo, Shun ^a   Nze Nkogue, Chimene ^b   Inoue Murayama, Miho ^e   Yamagiwa, Juichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale   (Gabon)

^c CHUBU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dispersal pattern; great ape; relatedness analysis; Y chromosomal microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GORILLA; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

DISPERSAL PATTERN; GREAT APE; RELATEDNESS ANALYSIS; Y CHROMOSOMAL MICROSATELLITE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; GABON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GORILLA GORILLA; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84880522183     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22312     Document Type: Article

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