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Molecular Population Genetics of the Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Sept 2017
Abadía-Cardoso Alicia, Freimer Nelson B, Deiner Kristy, Garza John Carlos
Abstract excerpt
The northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, was heavily hunted and declared extinct in the 19th century. However, a colony remained on remote Guadalupe Island, Mexico and the species has since repopulated most of its historical distribution. Here, we present a comprehensive evaluation of genetic variation in the species. First, we assess the effect of the demographic bottleneck on microsatellite...
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