Geographic patterns of genetic differentiation among Killer Whales in the Northern North Pacific

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 737-754

  Parsons, Kim M ^a   Durban, John W ^a,b   Burdin, Alexander M ^c   Burkanov, Vladimir N ^a   Pitman, Robert L ^b   Barlow, Jay ^b   Barrett Lennard, Lance G ^d   Leduc, Richard G ^b   Robertson, Kelly M ^b   Matkin, Craig O ^e   Wade, Paul R ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^d VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^e North Gulf Oceanic Society   (United States)

Author keywords

ecotypes; genetic structure; microsatellite; mtDNA; Orcinus orca; populations; subpopulations

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOTYPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KILLER WHALE; MAMMAL; MARINE SPECIES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

ECOTYPES; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MICROSATELLITE; MTDNA; ORCINUS ORCA; POPULATIONS; SUBPOPULATIONS;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 84886232707     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est037     Document Type: Article

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