Preliminary analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation in a southern feeding group of eastern North Pacific gray whales

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-384

  Steeves, T E ^a,b   Darling, J D ^c   Rosel, P E ^d   Schaeff, C M ^a   Fleischer, R C ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c West Coast Whale Research Foundation   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eschrichtius robustus; mtDNA control region; Sex ratio; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042283070     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012590315579     Document Type: Article

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