An evolutionarily distinct ringed seal in the Ilulissat Icefjord

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Rosing‐Asvid, Aqqalu, Löytynoja, Ari, Momigliano, Paolo, Hansen, Rikke Guldborg, Scharff‐Olsen, Camilla Hjorth, Valtonen, Mia, Kammonen, Juhana, Dietz, Rune, Rigét, Frank Farsø, Ferguson, Steve H., Lydersen, Christian, Kovacs, Kit M., Holland, David M., Jernvall, Jukka, Auvinen, Petri, Tange Olsen, Morten
• Other Authors: Academy of Finland, Jane ja Aatos Erkon Säätiö, Norges Forskningsråd, Stiftelsen för Miljöstrategisk Forskning
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Ilulissat; Kya; glacier; glacier*; inuit; Kangia; Pusa hispida; ringed seal
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17163; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mec.17163

Abstract The Earth's polar regions are low rates of inter‐ and intraspecific diversification. An extreme mammalian example is the Arctic ringed seal ( Pusa hispida hispida ), which is assumed to be panmictic across its circumpolar Arctic range. Yet, local Inuit communities in Greenland and Cana...