Article
Hierarchical population structure and habitat differences in a highly mobile marine species: the Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2014
Viricel Amélia, Rosel Patricia E
Abstract excerpt
Recent molecular studies have shown that highly mobile species with continuous distributions can exhibit fine-scale population structure. In this context, we assessed genetic structure within a marine species with high dispersal potential, the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). Using 19 microsatellite loci and mitochondrial control region sequences, population structure was investigated in the western...
Topics
- Animals
- Atlantic Ocean
- Azores
- Bayes Theorem
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ecosystem
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Gulf of Mexico
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Models, Genetic
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Stenella