Genetic variation in Holocene bowhead whales from Svalbard

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2223-2235

  Borge, T ^a   Bachmann, L ^a   Bjornstad G ^a   Wiig, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bottleneck; Conservation biology; Genetic diversity; Historical biogeography; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOWHEAD WHALE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALS; BOWHEAD WHALE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SVALBARD; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE;

EID: 34250172090     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03287.x     Document Type: Article

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