Genetic evidence of multiple matrilines and spatial disruption of kinship bonds in mass strandings of long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-311

  Oremus, Marc ^a,b   Gales, Rosemary ^c   Kettles, Helen ^d   Baker, C Scott ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Opération Cétacés ^*  (New Caledonia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

care giving behavior; kinship; long finned pilot whale; mass stranding; matrilineal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALF (MAMMAL); DNA EXTRACTION; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH SCHOOL; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MATING; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PILOT WHALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84876220658     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est007     Document Type: Article

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