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Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Mar 2011
Mesnick Sarah L, Taylor Barbara L, Archer Frederick I, Martien Karen K, Treviño Sergio Escorza, Hancock-Hanser Brittany L, Moreno Medina Sandra Carolina, Pease Victoria L, Robertson Kelly M, Straley Janice M, Baird Robin W, Calambokidis John, Schorr Gregory S, Wade Paul, Burkanov Vladimir, Lunsford Chris R, Rendell Luke, Morin Phillip A
Abstract excerpt
We use mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) (400 bp), six microsatellites and 36 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 20 of which were linked, to investigate population structure of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the eastern and central North Pacific. SNP markers, reproducible across technologies and laboratories, are ideal for long-term studies of globally distributed species such as sperm whales, a species of...
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