Article
Microsatellite analysis of paternity and reproduction in Arctic grizzly bears.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Craighead L, Paetkau D, Reynolds H V, Vyse E R, Strobeck C
Abstract excerpt
We report data from analyses of microsatellite loci of 30 grizzly bear family groups which demonstrate that each cub in a litter can be sired independently, and we derive estimates of maximum reproductive success for males, from an Arctic population in northwestern Alaska that is minimally affect...
Topics
- Animals
- Arctic Regions
- DNA, Satellite
- Female
- Genotype
- Male
- Pedigree
- Reproduction
- Ursidae