Genetic evidence for male and female dispersal in wild lemur catta

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 66-75

  Parga, Joyce A ^a   Sauther, Michelle L ^b   Cuozzo, Frank P ^c   Youssouf Jacky, Ibrahim Antho ^f   Gould, Lisa ^g   Sussman, Robert W ^d   Lawler, Richard R ^e   Pastorini, Jennifer ^h,i  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Centre for Conservation and Research   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Lemur catta; Madagascar; Population genetics; Relatedness; Ring tailed lemur

Indexed keywords

LEMUR CATTA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84930241787     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: 14219980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369386     Document Type: Article

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