Population structure and seasonal movements of narwhals, Monodon monoceros, determined from mtDNA analysis

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-292

  Palsbøll, Per Jakob ^a,d   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^b   Dietz, Rune ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c National Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetaceae; D loop; evolution; low nucleotide diversity; Odontocetae; population genetics

Indexed keywords

MONODON MONOCEROS;

GENETIC ISOLATION; MAMMALS; NARWHAL; NARWHALS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL MOVEMENT; SEASONAL MOVEMENTS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030620757     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.43     Document Type: Article

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