Multiple Paternity and Preliminary Population Genetics of Giant Pacific Octopuses, Enteroctopus dofleini, in Oregon, Washington and the Southeast Coast of Vancouver Island, BC

Multiple Paternity and Preliminary Population Genetics of Giant Pacific Octopuses, Enteroctopus dofleini, in Oregon, Washington and the Southeast Coast of Vancouver Island, BC

A total of 77 giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, tissue samples were collected from the Oregon Coast (OR), Neah Bay Washington (NB), Puget Sound Washington (PS) and the southeast coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (BC) for genetic analyses. A suite of eight variable micro...

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Main Authors: Shawn Larson, Catherine Ramsay, James A. Cosgrove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
Cephalpods
giant Pacific octopus
population genetics
microsatellites
polyandry
multiple paternity
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/7/2/195

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