Weak polygyny in California sea lions and the potential for alternative mating tactics.

Female aggregation and male territoriality are considered to be hallmarks of polygynous mating systems. The development of genetic parentage assignment has called into question the accuracy of behavioral traits in predicting true mating systems. In this study we use 14 microsatellite markers to expl...

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Main Authors: Ramona Flatz, Manuela González-Suárez, Julie K Young, Claudia J Hernández-Camacho, Aaron J Immel, Leah R Gerber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22432039/?tool=EBI