Mitochondrial DNA analysis of sympatric morphotypes of bottlenose dolphins (genus: Tursiops) in Chinese waters

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1603-1612

  Wang, J Y ^a,c   Chou, L S ^b   White, B N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Center for Marine Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Chinese waters; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphotype; Sympatry; Tursiops

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SKIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0033213438     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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