Author:
Drouot Violaine,Berube Martine,Gannier Alexandre,Goold John C.,Reid Robert J.,Palsboll Per J.
Abstract
Thirteen sperm whales were sampled, using sloughed skin, in the Mediterranean Sea during six distinct encounters. Individuals were discriminated using the results of molecular sexing, mitochondrial control region sequencing and microsatellite genotyping (3 loci). Samples from 57 specimens were available from sperm whale strandings on northern European coasts. The first ~ 200bp of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region of each sample were sequenced and three different haplotypes were identified. The frequency of each haplotype was significantly different between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern North Atlantic, suggesting that sperm whales in the two areas comprise different maternal entities.
Publisher
International Whaling Commission
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
6 articles.
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