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Bucking the trend: genetic analysis reveals high diversity, large population size and low differentiation in a deep ocean cetacean.
Heredity - 1 Mar 2016
Thompson K F, Patel S, Baker C S, Constantine R, Millar C D
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Understanding the genetic structure of a population is essential to its conservation and management. We report the level of genetic diversity and determine the population structure of a cryptic deep ocean cetacean, the Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi). We analysed 530 bp of mitochondrial control region and 12 microsatellite loci from 94 individuals stranded around New Zealand and Australia. The samples...
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