Genetic characteristics of western North Pacific sei whales, Balaenoptera borealis, as revealed by microsatellites

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-93

  Kanda, N ^a   Goto, M ^a   Pastene, L A ^a  

^a Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Microsatellite; Population structure; Sei whale; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FREQUENCIES; GENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BOTTLENECK; MICROSATELLITE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEI WHALE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WHALE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BALAENOPTERA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; CETACEA;

EID: 33144468395     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-005-5130-1     Document Type: Article

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