From settlers to subspecies: Genetic differentiation in Commerson’s dolphins between South America and the Kerguelen Islands

• Main Authors: Poulin, Elie, Kraft, Sebastián, Olavarría, Carlos, Moraga, Rodrigo, Baker, C. Scott, Steel, Debbie, Tixier, Paul, Guinet, Christophe, Brickle, Paul, Viricel, Amelia, Costa, Marina, Crespo, Enrique Alberto, Loizaga de Castro, Rocio, Pimper, Lida Elena, Perez Alvarez, María José
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Society for Marine Mammalogy
• Subjects: GENETICS; COMMERSON´S DOLPHINS; SOUTH AMERICA; KERGUELEN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Kerguelen Islands; Patagonia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/236160

The Commerson´s dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii is divided into two subspecies, C. c. commersonii from southern South America and the Falklands/Malvinas and C. c. kerguelenensis, restricted to the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands. Following the West to East diversification model proposed for the g...