Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) in UK waters are differentiated from a population in the Mediterranean Sea and genetically less diverse

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 727-732

  Gaspari, Stefania ^a,c   Airoldi, Sabina ^b   Hoelzel, A Rus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Genetic diversity; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DOLPHIN; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN ISLES;

CETACEA; GRAMPUS GRISEUS;

EID: 34247610299     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9205-y     Document Type: Article

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