Population Genetics of Antarctic Seals

I developed and tested a protocol for determining the sex of individual pinnipeds using the sex-chromosome specific genes ZFX and ZFY. I screened a total of 368 seals (168 crabeater, Lobodon carcinophagus; 159 Weddell, Leptonychotes weddellii; and 41 Ross, Ommatophoca rossii) of known or unknown sex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtis, Caitlin
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:unknown
Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2009
Subjects:
ZFX
ZFY
Leptonychotes weddellii
mitochondrial DNA
microsatellites
Y chromosome
American Studies
Arts and Humanities
Antarctic
Nes
Nes’
Weddell
Antarc*
Antarctica
Crabeater Seals
Lobodon carcinophagus
Weddell Seals
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/1918
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/etd/article/2917/viewcontent/.pdf

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