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Genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal in resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2004
Möller Luciana M, Beheregaray Luciano B
Abstract excerpt
In most mammals males usually disperse before breeding, while females remain in their natal group or area. However, in odontocete cetaceans behavioural and/or genetic evidence from populations of four species indicate that both males and females remain in their natal group or site. For coastal resident bottlenose dolphins field data suggest that both sexes are philopatric to their natal site. Assignment tests and...
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