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Population histories of right whales (Cetacea: Eubalaena) inferred from mitochondrial sequence diversities and divergences of their whale lice (Amphipoda: Cyamus).
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2005
Kaliszewska Zofia A, Seger Jon, Rowntree Victoria J, Barco Susan G, Benegas Rafael, Best Peter B, Brown Moira W, Brownell Robert L, Carribero Alejandro, Harcourt Robert, Knowlton Amy R, Marshall-Tilas Kim, Patenaude Nathalie J, Rivarola Mariana, Schaeff Catherine M, Sironi Mariano, Smith Wendy A, Yamada Tadasu K
Abstract excerpt
Right whales carry large populations of three 'whale lice' (Cyamus ovalis, Cyamus gracilis, Cyamus erraticus) that have no other hosts. We used sequence variation in the mitochondrial COI gene to ask (i) whether cyamid population structures might reveal associations among right whale individuals and subpopulations, (ii) whether the divergences of the three nominally conspecific cyamid species on North Atlantic,...
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