A divergent mtDNA lineage among Mesoplodon beaked whales: Molecular evidence for a new species in the tropical pacific?

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 954-966

  Dalebout, Merel L ^a   Scott Baker, C ^b,g   Steel, Debbie ^b,g   Robertson, Kelly M ^c   Chivers, Susan J ^c   Perrin, William F ^c   Mead, James G ^d   Grace, Roger V ^e   David Schofield Jr , T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office Protected Resources Division ^*  (New Zealand)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL REGION; WHALE;

CETACEA; MESOPLODON; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 34848917283     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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