Sex-biased dispersal in sperm whales: Contrasting mitochondrial and nuclear genetic structure of global populations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1417, 1999, Pages 347-354

  Lyrholm, Thomas ^a,b   Leimar, Olof ^a   Johanneson, Bo ^b   Gyllensten, Ulf ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispersal; mtDNA microsatellites; Population structure; Social organization; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DISPERSAL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0033593877     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0644     Document Type: Article

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