Phylogenetic relationships of Bryde's whales in the western North Pacific and adjacent waters inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1269-1286

  Yoshida, Hideyoshi ^a   Kato, Hidehiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera edeni; Bryde's whale; Coastal waters of Kochi in southwestern Japan; East China Sea; Mitochondrial DNA sequence; Phylogenetic relationships; Solomon Islands; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; WHALE;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032745456     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00890.x     Document Type: Article

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