Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 629-641

  Foote, Andrew D ^a,b   Vilstrup, Julia T ^b   De Stephanis, Renaud ^c,d   Verborgh, Philippe ^c   Abel Nielsen, Sandra C ^b   Deaville, Robert ^e   Kleivane, Lars ^f   Martińn, Vidal ^g   Miller, Patrick J O ^h   Øien, Nils ⁱ   Pérez Gil, Monica ^g   Rasmussen, Morten ^b   Reid, Robert J ^j   Robertson, Kelly M ^k   Rogan, Emer ^l   Similä, Tiu ^m   Tejedor, Maria L ^g   Vester, Heike ^n,o   Víkingsson, Gísli A ^p   Willerslev, Eske ^b   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^b   Piertney, Stuart B ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CIRCE (Conservation   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f LKARTS Norway   (Norway)

^g Society for the Study of Cetaceans in Canary Archipelago   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^k SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^m Box 181 ^*  (Norway)

ⁿ GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^o MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^p MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

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Author keywords

behaviour social evolution; ecological genetics; population ecology; population genetics "empirical; predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; KILLER WHALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; WHALE, KILLER;

CLUPEIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 78751665951     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04957.x     Document Type: Article

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