Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of sympatric North Atlantic killer whale populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5207-5217

  Foote, Andrew D ^a,b   Newton, Jason ^c   Piertney, Stuart B ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^b   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Ecotype; Killer whale; Orcinus orca; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; KILLER WHALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOOTH WEAR; WHALE, KILLER;

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 71549166081     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04407.x     Document Type: Article

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