Demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by human exploitation, ecology and life-history

Demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by human exploitation, ecology and life-history

Historical hunting has caused documented declines in pinnipeds, but the extent to which hunting caused genetic bottlenecks among species was unknown. Here, the authors show evidence of severe bottlenecks in several pinniped species, particularly those that breed on land.

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Main Authors: M. A. Stoffel, E. Humble, A. J. Paijmans, K. Acevedo-Whitehouse, B. L. Chilvers, B. Dickerson, F. Galimberti, N. J. Gemmell, S. D. Goldsworthy, H. J. Nichols, O. Krüger, S. Negro, A. Osborne, T. Pastor, B. C. Robertson, S. Sanvito, J. K. Schultz, A. B. A. Shafer, J. B. W. Wolf, J. I. Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06695-z

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06695-z

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