Population structure of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation among humpback whales in the North Pacific

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 695-707

  Baker, C S ^a   Medrano Gonzalez, L ^a,b   Calambokidis, J ^c   Perry, A ^a   Pichler, F ^a   Rosenbaum, H ^d   Straley, J M ^e   Urban Ramirez, J ^f   Yamaguchi, M ^g   Von Ziegesar, O ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e University of Alaska South east   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^g Ogasawara Marine Center   (Japan)

^h North Gulf Oceanic Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; Gene flow; Intron; Management; Microsatellite; Stocks

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HUMPBACK WHALE; INTRON ALLELE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIATION; NUCLEAR DNA VARIATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE PARTITIONING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; INTRONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEASONS; VARIATION (GENETICS); WHALES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 7144229374     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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