Data from: Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic
Inferring the number of genetically distinct populations and their levels of connectivity is of key importance for the sustainable management and conservation of wildlife. This represents an extra challenge in the marine environment where there are few physical barriers to gene-flow, and populations...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:86726 2023-07-02T03:31:45+02:00 Data from: Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic Quintela, María Skaug, Hans J. Øien, Nils Haug, Tore Seliussen, Bjørghild B. Solvang, Hiroko K. Pampoulie, Christophe Kanda, Naohisa Pastene, Luis A. Glover, Kevin A. 2014-10-17T21:18:02.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-gg-0zfj https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:86726 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.6r4gg/1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108640 PMID:25268591 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-gg-0zfj doi:10.5061/dryad.6r4gg https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:86726 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2014 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6r4gg/110.1371/journal.pone.010864010.5061/dryad.6r4gg 2023-06-13T12:26:43Z Inferring the number of genetically distinct populations and their levels of connectivity is of key importance for the sustainable management and conservation of wildlife. This represents an extra challenge in the marine environment where there are few physical barriers to gene-flow, and populations may overlap in time and space. Several studies have investigated the population genetic structure within the North Atlantic minke whale with contrasting results. In order to address this issue, we analyzed ten microsatellite loci and 331 bp of the mitochondrial D-loop on 2990 whales sampled in the North East Atlantic in the period 2004 and 2007–2011. The primary findings were: (1) No spatial or temporal genetic differentiations were observed for either class of genetic marker. (2) mtDNA identified three distinct mitochondrial lineages without any underlying geographical pattern. (3) Nuclear markers showed evidence of a single panmictic population in the NE Atlantic according STRUCTURE's highest average likelihood found at K = 1. (4) When K = 2 was accepted, based on the Evanno's test, whales were divided into two more or less equally sized groups that showed significant genetic differentiation between them but without any sign of underlying geographic pattern. However, mtDNA for these individuals did not corroborate the differentiation. (5) In order to further evaluate the potential for cryptic structuring, a set of 100 in silico generated panmictic populations was examined using the same procedures as above showing genetic differentiation between two artificially divided groups, similar to the aforementioned observations. This demonstrates that clustering methods may spuriously reveal cryptic genetic structure. Based upon these data, we find no evidence to support the existence of spatial or cryptic population genetic structure of minke whales within the NE Atlantic. However, in order to conclusively evaluate population structure within this highly mobile species, more markers will be required. Other/Unknown Material Balaenoptera acutorostrata minke whale North Atlantic North East Atlantic Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Quintela, María Skaug, Hans J. Øien, Nils Haug, Tore Seliussen, Bjørghild B. Solvang, Hiroko K. Pampoulie, Christophe Kanda, Naohisa Pastene, Luis A. Glover, Kevin A. Data from: Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic |
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Inferring the number of genetically distinct populations and their levels of connectivity is of key importance for the sustainable management and conservation of wildlife. This represents an extra challenge in the marine environment where there are few physical barriers to gene-flow, and populations may overlap in time and space. Several studies have investigated the population genetic structure within the North Atlantic minke whale with contrasting results. In order to address this issue, we analyzed ten microsatellite loci and 331 bp of the mitochondrial D-loop on 2990 whales sampled in the North East Atlantic in the period 2004 and 2007–2011. The primary findings were: (1) No spatial or temporal genetic differentiations were observed for either class of genetic marker. (2) mtDNA identified three distinct mitochondrial lineages without any underlying geographical pattern. (3) Nuclear markers showed evidence of a single panmictic population in the NE Atlantic according STRUCTURE's highest average likelihood found at K = 1. (4) When K = 2 was accepted, based on the Evanno's test, whales were divided into two more or less equally sized groups that showed significant genetic differentiation between them but without any sign of underlying geographic pattern. However, mtDNA for these individuals did not corroborate the differentiation. (5) In order to further evaluate the potential for cryptic structuring, a set of 100 in silico generated panmictic populations was examined using the same procedures as above showing genetic differentiation between two artificially divided groups, similar to the aforementioned observations. This demonstrates that clustering methods may spuriously reveal cryptic genetic structure. Based upon these data, we find no evidence to support the existence of spatial or cryptic population genetic structure of minke whales within the NE Atlantic. However, in order to conclusively evaluate population structure within this highly mobile species, more markers will be required. |
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Quintela, María Skaug, Hans J. Øien, Nils Haug, Tore Seliussen, Bjørghild B. Solvang, Hiroko K. Pampoulie, Christophe Kanda, Naohisa Pastene, Luis A. Glover, Kevin A. |
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Quintela, María Skaug, Hans J. Øien, Nils Haug, Tore Seliussen, Bjørghild B. Solvang, Hiroko K. Pampoulie, Christophe Kanda, Naohisa Pastene, Luis A. Glover, Kevin A. |
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Data from: Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic |
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Data from: Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic |
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Data from: Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic |
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Data from: Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic |
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Data from: Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic |
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data from: investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the north east atlantic |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.6r4gg/1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108640 PMID:25268591 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-gg-0zfj doi:10.5061/dryad.6r4gg https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:86726 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6r4gg/110.1371/journal.pone.010864010.5061/dryad.6r4gg |
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