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Out of the Pacific and back again: insights into the matrilineal history of Pacific killer whale ecotypes.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2011

Foote Andrew D, Morin Phillip A, Durban John W, Willerslev Eske, Orlando Ludovic, Gilbert M Thomas P

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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the most widely distributed marine mammals and have radiated to occupy a range of ecological niches. Disparate sympatric types are found in the North Atlantic, Antarctic and North Pacific oceans, however, little is known about the underlying mechanisms driving divergence. Previous phylogeographic analysis using complete mitogenomes yielded a bifurcating tree of clades...

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PMID: 21949818
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024980
PMCID: PMC3176785

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