Population Genetics of Hudson Bay Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas): An Analysis of Population Structure and Gene Flow using Mitochondrial DNA Sequences and Multilocus DNA Fingerprinting

• Main Author: Mancuso, Samuel
• Other Authors: White, Bradley, Biology
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: hudson bay; beluga whale; population structure; gene flow; mitochondrial DNA sequence; multilocus DNA fingerprint; DNA fingerprinting; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Mackenzie Delta; Ungava Bay; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/23412

Beluga whales in Canadian waters are subdivided into at least six genetically distinct stocks maintained by geographic separation and philopatry to estuaries in summer. Belugas in eastern and western Hudson Bay have previously been shown to be compose genetically distinct populations using mitochond...