Unexpected genetic differentiation between recently recolonized populations of a long-lived and highly vagile marine mammal

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Bonin, CA, Goebel, ME, Forcada, J, Burton, RS, Hoffman, JI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Livingston Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1mn5t2wv

Many species have been heavily exploited by man leading to local extirpations, yet few studies have attempted to unravel subsequent recolonization histories. This has led to a significant gap in our knowledge of the long-term effects of exploitation on the amount and structure of contemporary geneti...