Characterization of 25 microsatellite loci in bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus)

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 adv...

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Published in:Molecular Ecology Resources
Main Authors: HUEBINGER, RYAN M., PATTON, JOHN C., GEORGE, J. CRAIG, SUYDAM, ROBERT, LOUIS, EDWARD E., BICKHAM, JOHN W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008
Subjects:
Balaena mysticetus
bowhead whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02015.x
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Summary: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.

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