RAPD-typing of Central and Eastern North Atlantic and Western North Pacific minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Martinez, I., Pastene, L. A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1999
• Subjects: Articles; Svalbard; Barents Sea; Lofoten; Pacific; Jan Mayen; Bear Island; Vesterålen; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Finnmark; minke whale; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/56/5/640; https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1999.0511

RAPD analysis was performed on 258 minke whales: 201 individuals from the North Atlantic (NA) and 57 from the Western North Pacific (WNP). Nine 10-mer primers generated 20 RAPD-markers. Of these, two were present only in individuals from the WNP and one was present only in individuals from the NA. S...