Abstract
Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) experienced a severe demographic population bottleneck caused by commercial whaling that ceased in 1914. Aboriginal subsistence whale harvests have continued and are managed by the International Whaling Commission. In an effort to provide management advice for bowhead whales, 25 microsatellite loci were isolated from genomic DNA libraries. This panel of markers will be utilized to analyse stock structure hypotheses of current bowhead whale populations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 612-615 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Molecular Ecology Resources |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2008 |
Keywords
- Balaena
- Bowhead whales
- Microsatellites
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Genetics