Genetic variability in Guadalupe fur seals.

doi:10.1093/jhered/89.4.301

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Genetic variability in Guadalupe fur seals.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Bernardi G, Fain S R, Gallo-Reynoso J P, Figueroa-Carranza A L, Le Boeuf B J

Abstract excerpt

The Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) population underwent one or two severe bottlenecks due to commercial sealing in the late 19th century. Since then the protected population has been growing steadily around their only rookery, Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico. We probed both nuclear and mi...

Topics

Animals
DNA Fingerprinting
Female
Fur Seals
Genetic Variation
Male
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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