Low diversity in the mitogenome of sperm whales revealed by Next-Generation Sequencing

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-129

  Alexander, Alana ^a   Steel, Debbie ^a   Slikas, Beth ^a   Hoekzema, Kendra ^a   Carraher, Colm ^b,c   Parks, Matthew ^a   Cronn, Richard ^d   Baker, C Scott ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogenetics; Cetacean; Mitochondrial genome; MtDNA; Nucleotide diversity; Physeter macrocephalus; Population genetics; Substitution rates

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 84876578461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs126     Document Type: Article

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