Genetic isolation of a now extinct population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1618, 2007, Pages 1611-1616

  Nichols, Courtney ^a   Herman, Jerry ^b   Gaggiotti, Oscar E ^c   Dobney, Keith M ^a   Parsons, Kim ^d   Hoelzel, A Rus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Marine mammal; Metapopulation; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BREEDING SITE; DOLPHIN; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARINE MAMMAL; METAPOPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARAPATRY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SYMPATRY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; DNA STRUCTURE; EXTINCT SPECIES; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; MARINE MAMMAL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METAPOPULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATRY; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 34447314427     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0176     Document Type: Article

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