Can genetic differences explain vocal dialect variation in sperm whales, physeter macrocephalus?

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 332-343

  Rendell, Luke ^a   Mesnick, Sarah L ^b,c   Dalebout, Merel L ^d,e   Burtenshaw, Jessica ^b,c   Whitehead, Hal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Genetic population structure; Sperm whale; Vocal dialect

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPERM WHALE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM WHALE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 84860681765     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9513-y     Document Type: Article

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