Population structure of North American beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) based on nuclear DNA microsatellite variation and contrasted with the population structure revealed by mitochondrial DNA variation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-363

  Brown Gladden, J G ^a,c   Ferguson, M M ^a   Friesen, M K ^b   Clayton, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Department of Fisheries ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily significant units; Management units; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear microsatellite DNA; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NORTH AMERICA;

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 0009634699     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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