Genetic variation in Phoca vitulina (the harbour seal) revealed by DNA fingerprinting and RAPDs.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1995.88

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Genetic variation in Phoca vitulina (the harbour seal) revealed by DNA fingerprinting and RAPDs.

Heredity - 1 Jun 1995

Kappe A L, van de Zande L, Vedder E J, Bijlsma R, van Delden W

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Genetic variation in two harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations from the Dutch Wadden Sea and Scotland was examined by RAPD analysis and DNA fingerprinting. For comparison a population of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) was studied. The RAPD method revealed a very low number of polymorphic ban...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA Primers
Denmark
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Heterozygote
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
Oceans and Seas
Polymorphism, Genetic
Scotland
Seals, Earless

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