Matriarchal genetic population structure of North American beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas (Cetacea: Monodontidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1033-1046

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beluga whale; Mitochondrial DNA; Population genetics; Postglacial recolonization; Sequence variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LEUCAS; MONODONTIDAE;

BELUGA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030716339     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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