Mitochondrial genome divergence between beluga whales in Baffin Bay and the Sea of Okhotsk

The beluga whale is one of three endemic Arctic whales. The species is philopatric, and its migration patterns are passed from mother to calf. Management of the species is informed by the levels of genetic structuring among summer aggregation sites based on mitochondrial D-Loop data. To assess the l...

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Main Authors: Mikkel Skovrind, Jose Alfredo Samaniego Castruita, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Love Dalén, Eline Lorenzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2017.1318686