Microsatellite genetic distances between oceanic populations of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-362

  Valsecchi, Elena ^a   Palsbøll, Per ^b   Hale, Peter ^c   Glockner Ferrari, Debbie ^d   Ferrari, Mark ^d   Clapham, Phillip ^e   Larsen, Finn ^f   Mattila, David ^e   Sears, Richard ^g   Sigurjonsson, Johann ^h   Brown, Miranda ^c   Corkeron, Peter ^c   Amos, Bill ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Centre for Whale Study   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^f Greenland Fish Research Institute   (Denmark)

^g MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^h MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

ⁱ Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cetaceans; gene flow; genetic distance; genetic diversity; humpback whale; microsatellite; population; STR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WHALE;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0030933832     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025771     Document Type: Article

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