Article
Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Quintela María, Skaug Hans J, Øien Nils, Haug Tore, Seliussen Bjørghild B, Solvang Hiroko K, Pampoulie Christophe, Kanda Naohisa, Pastene Luis A, Glover Kevin A
Abstract excerpt
Inferring the number of genetically distinct populations and their levels of connectivity is of key importance for the sustainable management and conservation of wildlife. This represents an extra challenge in the marine environment where there are few physical barriers to gene-flow, and populations may overlap in time and space. Several studies have investigated the population genetic structure within the North...
Topics
- Animal Distribution
- Animals
- Atlantic Ocean
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Europe
- Female
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Minke Whale