Evaluating the effects of historic bottleneck events: An assessment of microsatellite variability in the endangered, North Atlantic right whale

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2241-2249

  Waldick, R C ^a,d   Kraus, S ^b   Brown, M ^c   White, B N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Eubalaena australis; Eubalaena glacialis; Heterozygosity; Microsatellites; Population bottleneck; Whales

Indexed keywords

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; WHALE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS); WHALES;

EID: 0036846502     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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