Population structure and possible migratory links of common minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, in the Southern Hemisphere

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1553-1558

  Pastene, Luis A ^a   Acevedo, Jorge ^b   Goto, Mutsuo ^a   Zerbini, Alexandre N ^c,d   Acuña, Paola ^b   Aguayo Lobo, Anelio ^b,e  

^a T   (Japan)

^b Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^c NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^d Instituto Aqualie   (Brazil)

^e Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Genetic diversity; MtDNA; Phylogeny; Southern Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OCEAN BASIN; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA;

EID: 77953915155     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9944-7     Document Type: Article

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