From Settlers to Subspecies: Genetic Differentiation in Commerson’s Dolphins Between South America and the Kerguelen Islands

From Settlers to Subspecies: Genetic Differentiation in Commerson’s Dolphins Between South America and the Kerguelen Islands

Commerson’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) are separated into the subspecies C. c. commersonii, found along southern South America (SA) and the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas (FI/IM), and C. c. kerguelenensis, restricted to the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands (KI). Following the dispersal mo...

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Main Authors: Sebastián Kraft, MJosé Pérez-Alvarez, Carlos Olavarría, Rodrigo Moraga, C. Scott Baker, Debbie Steel, Paul Tixier, Christophe Guinet, Amelia Viricel, Paul Brickle, Marina Costa, Enrique Crespo, Cristian Durante, Rocio Loizaga, Elie Poulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Cephalorhynchus commersonii
colonization
divergence
last glacial maximum
mitochondrial DNA
phylogeography
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.782512/full

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