Initial description of short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) genetic diversity from the Caribbean

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 196-201

  Téllez, Ricardo ^a   Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^b   Caballero, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Globicephala macrorhynchus; Kinship; MtDNA; Short finned pilot whale; Strandings

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; MASS STRANDING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEW RECORD; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84903553022     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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