Male mating success in an aquatically mating pinniped, the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina), assessed by microsatellite DNA markers

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: COLTMAN, D. W., BOWEN, W. D., WRIGHT, J. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1998
• Subjects: harbour seal; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00373.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-294x.1998.00373.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00373.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00373.x

Similar to many other pinniped species, harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) mate exclusively at sea. Here we present the first attempt to measure male mating success in an aquatically mating pinniped. Male mating success was estimated by paternity analysis in two cohorts of pups born at Sable Island, N...