Monozygotic Twin Wolves with Divergent Life Histories

ABSTRACT. Genetic evidence for monozygotic (identical) twinning in mammalian species is rare in the literature. Here we report what may be the first pair of monozygotic twins identified in a wild caniform carnivore, the grey wolf (Canis lupus). One of these

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lindsey Carmichael, John A. Nagy, Curtis Strobeck
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Mots clés
loup
Canis lupus
jumeau monozygote
jumeau identique
île Banks
dispersion
migration
cycle biologique
Arctic
Île Banks
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.558.3283
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic61-3-329.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT. Genetic evidence for monozygotic (identical) twinning in mammalian species is rare in the literature. Here we report what may be the first pair of monozygotic twins identified in a wild caniform carnivore, the grey wolf (Canis lupus). One of these

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