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Inferred Paternity and Male Reproductive Success in a Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population

Michael J. Ford; M. Bradley Hanson; Jennifer A. Hempelmann; Katherine L. Ayres; Candice K. Emmons; Gregory S. Schorr; Robin W. Baird; Kenneth C. Balcomb · 2011 · Journal of Heredity

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Abstract (excerpt)

We used data from 78 individuals at 26 microsatellite loci to infer parental and sibling relationships within a community of fish-eating ("resident") eastern North Pacific killer whales (Orcinus orca). Paternity analysis involving 15…

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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1093/jhered/esr067