Mitochondrial DNA variation and maternal gene flow among humpback whales of the Southern Hemisphere

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 721-737

  Baker, C S ^a   Florez Gonzalez L ^b   Abernethy, B ^c   Rosenbaum, H C ^d   Slade, R W ^e   Capella, J ^b   Bannister, J L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Fundacion Yubarta Valle del Cauca   (Colombia)

^c Molecular Systematic Laboratory ^*  (New Zealand)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Department of Ichthyology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Humpback whales; Megaptera novaeangliae; Mitochondrial DNA; Southern Hemisphere; Stocks

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0031663302     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00758.x     Document Type: Article

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