Worldwide structure of mtDNA diversity among Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris): Implications for threatened populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3353-3371

  Dalebout, Merel L ^a,f   Robertson, Kelly M ^b   Frantzis, Alexandros ^c   Engelhaupt, Dan ^d,g   Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^e   Rosario Delestre, Raul J ^e   Baker, C Scott ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute   (Greece)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Caribbean Stranding Network   (Puerto Rico)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Sperm Whale Seismic Survey (SWSS) Project

^h UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial DNA; Odontocete; Phylogeography; Ziphiidae

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; MYSTICETI; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL; WHALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); WHALES;

EID: 33644876605     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02676.x     Document Type: Article

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