Discerning between recurrent gene flow and recent divergence under a finite-site mutation model applied to North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) populations

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 670-675

  Palsbøll, Per J ^a   Bérubé, Martine ^a   Aguilar, Alex ^b   Notarbartolo Di Sciara, Giuseppe ^c   Nielsen, Rasmus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Divergence; Nonequilibrium; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1842580418     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01691.x     Document Type: Article

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