Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic.

Inferring the number of genetically distinct populations and their levels of connectivity is of key importance for the sustainable management and conservation of wildlife. This represents an extra challenge in the marine environment where there are few physical barriers to gene-flow, and populations...

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Hauptverfasser: María Quintela, Hans J Skaug, Nils Øien, Tore Haug, Bjørghild B Seliussen, Hiroko K Solvang, Christophe Pampoulie, Naohisa Kanda, Luis A Pastene, Kevin A Glover
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Schriftenreihe:PLoS ONE
Online Zugang:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0108640&type=printable