Molecular genetic identification of southern hemisphere beaked whales (Cetacea: Ziphiidae).

doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00380.x

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Molecular genetic identification of southern hemisphere beaked whales (Cetacea: Ziphiidae).

Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 1998

Dalebout M L, Helden A V, van Waerebeek K, Baker C S

Abstract excerpt

To assist in the species-level identification of stranded and hunted beaked whales, we compiled a database of 'reference' sequences from the mitochondrial DNA control region for 15 of the 20 described ziphiid species. Reference samples for eight species were obtained from stranded animals in New...

Topics

Animals
Asia
Australia
DNA, Mitochondrial
Databases, Factual
Genetic Variation
Geography
New Zealand
Phylogeny
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Species Specificity
Whales

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