First mitochondrial DNA analysis of the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

• Published in: Mammalian Biology
• Main Authors: Pimper, Lida Elena, Prosser Goodall, Rae Natalie, Remis, Maria Isabel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Gmbh
• Subjects: Argentina; Mtdna Variation; Phocoena Dioptrica; Spectacled Porpoise; Tierra del Fuego; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Lahille; Phocoena dioptrica; Spectacled porpoise
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/68238

The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica, Lahille, 1912) is one of the cetacean species about which least is known. Most information on the biology and ecology of this species has been obtained from stranded specimens and sightings at sea. In this study, analysis of 380. bp fragment of mitochondr...