Population genomics of the killer whale indicates ecotype evolution in sympatry involving both selection and drift

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 5179-5192

  Moura, Andre E ^a,e   Kenny, John G ^b   Chaudhuri, Roy ^b   Hughes, Margaret A ^b   J Welch, Andreanna ^a   Reisinger, Ryan R ^c   De Bruyn, P J Nico ^c   Dahlheim, Marilyn E ^d   Hall, Neil ^b   Hoelzel, A Rus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; Cetacea; ecological genetics; population genomics; sympatric divergence

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOTYPE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; KILLER WHALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LOCI; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMPATRY; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 84911388346     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12929     Document Type: Article

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