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The evolving male: spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) ecotypes are divergent at Y chromosome but not mtDNA or autosomal markers.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2013
Andrews Kimberly R, Perrin William F, Oremus Marc, Karczmarski Leszek, Bowen Brian W, Puritz Jonathan B, Toonen Robert J
Abstract excerpt
The susceptibility of the Y chromosome to sexual selection may make this chromosome an important player in the formation of reproductive isolating barriers, and ultimately speciation. Here, we investigate the role of the Y chromosome in phenotypic divergence and reproductive isolation of spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) ecotypes. This species contains six known ecotypes (grouped into four subspecies) that...
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