Molecular genetic identification of southern hemisphere beaked whales (Cetacea: Ziphiidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 687-694

  Dalebout, M L ^a,d   Van Helden, A ^b,e   Van Waerebeek, K ^c,f   Baker, C S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^c Peruvian Ctr for Cetacean Research   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e Museum of New Zealand

^f Peruvian Ctr for Cetacean Research

Author keywords

Forensic; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogenetics; Stranding

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HYPEROODON PLANIFRONS; IDENTIFICATION; MESOPLODON BOWDOINI; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; MESOPLODON HECTORI; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WHALES;

EID: 0032104654     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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