Nuclear markers confirm taxonomic status and relationships among highly endangered and closely related right whale species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1562, 2005, Pages 533-542

  Gaines, C A ^a,b,c,d   Hare, M P ^d   Beck, S E ^d   Rosenbaum, H C ^b,c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered cetaceans; Nuclear DNA; Phylogeny; Right whales; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; WHALE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WHALES;

EID: 18344379778     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2895     Document Type: Article

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