Article
Molecular population genetics of the southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina.
Genetics - 1 Aug 1998
Slade R W, Moritz C, Hoelzel A R, Burton H R
Abstract excerpt
Southern elephant seals breed on sub-Antarctic islands and have a circumpolar distribution. We assayed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA (nDNA) variation in the three main populations in the south Atlantic, south Indian, and south Pacific oceans, and a smaller continental population in So...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antarctic Regions
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Molecular Biology
- Mutation
- Seals, Earless
- Selection, Genetic