Low genetic variation among killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Eastern North Pacific and genetic differentiation between foraging specialists

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-128

  Hoelzel, A R ^a,d   Dahlheim, M ^b   Stern, S J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; WHALE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE LIBRARY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SKIN; TOOTH; VARIATION (GENETICS); WHALES;

EID: 0031979721     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/89.2.121     Document Type: Article

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