Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped:Range-wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina )

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Liu, Xiaodong, Schjøtt, Suzanne Rønhøj, Granquist, Sandra M., Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu, Dietz, Rune, Teilmann, Jonas, Galatius, Anders, Cammen, Kristina, O’Corry-Crowe, Greg, Harding, Karin, Härkönen, Tero, Hall, Ailsa, Carroll, Emma L., Kobayashi, Yumi, Hammill, Mike, Stenson, Garry, Kirstine Frie, Anne, Lydersen, Christian, Kovacs, Kit M., Andersen, Liselotte W., Hoffman, Joseph I., Goodman, Simon J., Vieira, Filipe G., Heller, Rasmus, Moltke, Ida, Tange Olsen, Morten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: colonization; genetic diversity; harbour seals; origin; population structure; subspecies delineation; Arctic; Pacific; Stone Range; harbour seal; North Atlantic; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/origin-and-expansion-of-the-worlds-most-widespread-pinniped(81644fad-d6fa-4243-8fd3-03675da9ca35).html; https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16365; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/299676256/Molecular_Ecology_2022_Liu_Origin_and_expansion_of_the_world_s_most_widespread_pinniped_Range_u2010wide_population.pdf

The harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) is the most widely distributed pinniped, occupying a wide variety of habitats and climatic zones across the Northern Hemisphere. Intriguingly, the harbour seal is also one of the most philopatric seals, raising questions as to how it colonized its current range. To...