Matriarchal genetic population structure of North American beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas (Cetacea: Monodontidae)

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Brown Gladden, J. G., Ferguson, M. M., Clayton, J. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1997
• Subjects: Arctic; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Lawrence River; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.1997.00275.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-294X.1997.00275.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00275.x

The North American beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas population has been divided into a number of putative geographical stocks based upon migration routes and areas of summer concentration. Nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region were used to assess whether these geogra...