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Kinship clustering within an ecologically diverse killer whale metapopulation.
Heredity - 1 Feb 2025
Baumgartner Chérine D, Jourdain Eve, Bonhoeffer Sebastian, Borgå Katrine, Heide-Jørgensen Mads P, Karoliussen Richard, Laine Jan T, Rosing-Asvid Aqqalu, Ruus Anders, Tavares Sara B, Ugarte Fernando, Samarra Filipa I P, Foote Andrew D
Abstract excerpt
Metapopulation dynamics can be shaped by foraging ecology, and thus be sensitive to shifts in prey availability. Genotyping 204 North Atlantic killer whales at 1346 loci, we investigated whether spatio-temporal population structuring is linked to prey type and distribution. Using population-based methods (reflecting evolutionary means), we report a widespread metapopulation connected across ecological groups...
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