Mitochondrial sequence divergence among Antarctic killer whale ecotypes is consistent with multiple species

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-429

  LeDuc, Richard G ^a   Robertson, Kelly M ^a   Pitman, Robert L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Killer whale; Orcinus orca; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ECOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOTYPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; KILLER WHALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SYMPATRY;

ANTARCTICA;

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 46949084539     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0168     Document Type: Article

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