Pre-whaling genetic diversity and population ecology in eastern pacific gray whales: Insights from ancient DNA and stable isotopes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Alter, S Elizabeth ^a,c   Newsome, Seth D ^b   Palumbi, Stephen R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ISOTOPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHALE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WHALES;

EID: 84860740742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035039     Document Type: Article

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