Genetic basis and evolutionary significance of ventral skin color markings in North Atlantic right whales (eubalaena glacialis)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 701-711

  Schaeff, C M ^a   Hamilton, P K ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaena glacialis; Eubalaena glacialis; Genetic sexing; Inheritance patterns; Nuclear marker; Pigmentation; Population structure; Right whale; Skin color patterns; Whales

Indexed keywords

COLOR; GENE FLOW; WHALE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 0032982252     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00837.x     Document Type: Article

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