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Cultural selection and genetic diversity in matrilineal whales.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 27 Nov 1998

Whitehead H

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Low diversities of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have recently been found in four species of matrilineal whale. No satisfactory explanation for this apparent anomaly has been previously suggested. Culture seems to be an important part of the lives of matrilineal whales. The selection of matrilineally transmitted cultural traits, upon which neutral mtDNA alleles "hitchhike," has the potential to strongly reduce...

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PMID: 9831562
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5394.1708

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