Molecular insights into the historic demography of bowhead whales: Understanding the evolutionary basis of contemporary management practices

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-37

  Phillips, C D ^a   Hoffman, J I ^b   George, J C ^c   Suydam, R S ^c   Huebinger, R M ^d   Patton, J C ^e   Bickham, J W ^e,f  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian computation; Bottleneck; Bowhead whale; Generation time; Historic demography; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886234946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.374     Document Type: Article

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