A combined DNA-microsatellite and isozyme analysis of the population structure of the harbour porpoise in Danish waters and West Greenland

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-276

  Andersen, Liselotte Wesley ^a   Holm, Lars Erik ^b   Siegismund, Hans R ^c   Clausen, Bjarne ^d   Kinze, Carl C ^e   Loeschcke, Volker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Box 358   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danish waters; harbour porpoise; microsatellite DNA; population genetics; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031105361     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.41     Document Type: Article

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