Chemical fingerprints encode mother–offspring similarity, colony membership, relatedness, and genetic quality in fur seals

Chemical communication underpins virtually all aspects of vertebrate social life, yet remains poorly understood because of its highly complex mechanistic basis. We therefore used chemical fingerprinting of skin swabs and genetic analysis to explore the chemical cues that may underlie mother–offsprin...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Stoffel, Martin A., Caspers, Barbara A., Forcada, Jaume, Giannakara, Athina, Baier, Markus, Eberhart-Phillips, Luke, Müller, Caroline, Hoffman, Joseph I.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568685/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26261311
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506076112
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