Spatial genetic structure and asymmetrical gene flow within the Pacific walrus

Abstract Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) occupying shelf waters of Pacific Arctic seas migrate during spring and summer from 3 breeding areas in the Bering Sea to form sexually segregated nonbreeding aggregations. We assessed genetic relationships among 2 putative breeding populations...

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Published in:Journal of Mammalogy
Main Authors: Sonsthagen, Sarah A., Jay, Chadwick V., Fischbach, Anthony S., Sage, George K., Talbot, Sandra L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2012
Subjects:
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Genetics
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Bering Sea
Lawrence Island
Pacific
Chukchi
Odobenus rosmarus
Pacific Arctic
St Lawrence Island
walrus*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/11-mamm-a-344.1
http://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-pdf/93/6/1512/30297970/93-6-1512.pdf

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