Baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and parentage assignment in Mysticeti

Highly polymorphic single tandem repeat loci (STR, also known as microsatellite loci) remain a familiar, cost efficient class of genetic markers in genetic studies in ecology, behavior and conservation. Here we characterize a new, universal set of ten STR loci in seven species of baleen whales, opti...

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Main Authors: Marcos Suárez-Menéndez, Martine Bérubé, Lutz Bachmann, Peter Best, Nick Davison, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Véronique Lesage, Tom Oosting, Rui Prieto, Christian Ramp, Jooke Robbins, Richard Sears, Mónica A. Silva, Mariel T.I. ten Doeschate, Marc Tollis, Els Vermeulen, Gísli A. Víkingsson, Øystein Wiig, Per J. Palsbøll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989424001513