Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations

• Main Authors: Andrew D. Foote, Julia T. Vilstrup, Renaud De Stephanis, Sandra C. Abel Nielsen, Robert Deaville, Lars Kleivane, Patrick J O. Miller, Nils Øien, Robert J Reid, Kelly M. Robertson, Emer Rogan, Tiu Simila ̈, Maria L. Tejedor, Heike Vester, Gísli A. V Íkingsson, Eske Willerslev, M. Thomas, P. Gilbert, Stuart B. Piertney
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Killer Whale; North Atlantic; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.663.7073; http://whaledolphintrust.co.uk/cust_images/research+publications/Foote+et+al+2011+Mol+Ecol.pdf

Population genetic structure of North Atlantic killer whale samples was resolved from differences in allele frequencies of 17 microsatellite loci, mtDNA control region haplotype frequencies and for a subset of samples, using complete mitogenome sequences. Three significantly differentiated populations were identified. Differentia-