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Low genetic diversity in pygmy blue whales is due to climate-induced diversification rather than anthropogenic impacts.
Biology letters - 1 May 2015
Attard Catherine R M, Beheregaray Luciano B, Jenner K Curt S, Gill Peter C, Jenner Micheline-Nicole M, Morrice Margaret G, Teske Peter R, Möller Luciana M
Abstract excerpt
Unusually low genetic diversity can be a warning of an urgent need to mitigate causative anthropogenic activities. However, current low levels of genetic diversity in a population could also be due to natural historical events, including recent evolutionary divergence, or long-term persistence at a small population size. Here, we determine whether the relatively low genetic diversity of pygmy blue whales...
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