Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 278-298

  Mesnick, Sarah L ^a,b   Taylor, Barbara L ^a   Archer, Frederick I ^a   Martien, Karen K ^a   Treviño, Sergio Escorza ^c   Hancock Hanser, Brittany L ^a   Moreno Medina, Sandra Carolina ^d   Pease, Victoria L ^a   Robertson, Kelly M ^a   Straley, Janice M ^e   Baird, Robin W ^f   Calambokidis, John ^f   Schorr, Gregory S ^f   Wade, Paul ^g   Burkanov, Vladimir ^g,h   Lunsford, Chris R ⁱ   Rendell, Luke ^j   Morin, Phillip A ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^f CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^g NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^h RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Conservation; Physeter macrocephalus; Population structure; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 79951759000     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02973.x     Document Type: Article

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