Female philopatry in coastal basins and male dispersion across the North Atlantic in a highly mobile marine species, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4193-4205

  Engelhaupt, Daniel ^a   Rus Hoelzel, A ^a   Nicholson, Colin ^a   Frantzis, Alexandros ^b   Mesnick, Sarah ^c   Gero, Shane ^d   Whitehead, Hal ^d   Rendell, Luke ^e   Miller, Patrick ^e   De Stefanis, Renaud ^f   CaÑadas, Ana ^g   Airoldi, Sabina ^h   Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ⁱ  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute   (Greece)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f CIRCE (Conservation   (Spain)

^g 28240 Hoyo de Manzanares ^*  (Spain)

^h Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

ⁱ INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Microsatellite DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Philopatry; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION GENETICS; SPERM WHALE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERM WHALE;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 70349871296     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04355.x     Document Type: Article

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