Fine-scale genetic structure analyses suggest further male than female dispersal in mountain gorillas

Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Justin Roy¹  Maryke Gray³  Tara Stoinski²  Martha M Robbins¹  Linda Vigilant¹ 

[1] Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany

[2] The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia 30315, USA

[3] International Gorilla Conservation Program, P.O. Box 931, Kigali, Rwanda

关键词: Spatial genetic structure;    Social mammal;    Philopatry;    Mountain gorilla;    Microsatellite;    Inbreeding avoidance;    Dispersal;   

Others  :  870176
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6785-14-21

 received in 2013-12-17, accepted in 2014-06-27,  发布年份 2014

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2014 Roy et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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