Detecting genetic structure in migrating bowhead whales off the coast of Barrow, Alaska

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1993-2004

  Jorde, P E ^a,c   Schweder, T ^c   Bickham, J W ^b,d   Givens, G H ^e   Suydam, R ^f   Hunter, D ^d   Stenseth, N C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f Department of Wildlife Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Balaena mysticetus; Bowhead whale; Genetic structure; Microsatellites; Statistical modelling; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOWHEAD WHALE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALASKA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BOWHEAD WHALE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 34248229258     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03268.x     Document Type: Article

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