Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA
The control region (CR) of the mitochondrial DNA has been previously used to decipher the population structure of Holocene bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from the Spitsbergen stock. The bone samples dated from recent to more than 50000 years BP were collected on the elevated beaches of Svalbard...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/11784 2023-05-15T15:35:59+02:00 Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA Meland, Tina Lutz Bachmann, Øystein Wiig 2008-02-18 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/11784 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-18659 eng eng http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-18659 Meland, Tina. Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA . Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/11784 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft.au=Meland, Tina&rft.title=Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA &rft.inst=University of Oslo&rft.date=2008&rft.degree=Masteroppgave URN:NBN:no-18659 70411 080258026 zoologi grønlandshval forhistorisk DNA genetisk variasjon hval VDP::480 Master thesis Masteroppgave 2008 ftoslouniv 2020-06-21T08:41:59Z The control region (CR) of the mitochondrial DNA has been previously used to decipher the population structure of Holocene bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from the Spitsbergen stock. The bone samples dated from recent to more than 50000 years BP were collected on the elevated beaches of Svalbard, and are related to ancestors of the nearly extinct Spitsbergen stock. Very high haplotype diversity was reported that frequency based analyses and comparisons with other data set became meaningless; More than 80 % of the specimens had individual specific haplotypes. Therefore, it was of large interest to investigate the genetic variation in a mitochondrial marker expected to contain less variation. In the present project the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene was successfully sequenced for 33 of the historic bowhead whale samples. As expected, haplotype and nucleotide diversity based on the cytB was significantly lower rendering this gene a suitable marker for genetic comparisons of bowhead whale stocks. However, cytB sequences did not allow to identify groups of control region based haplotypes. Master Thesis Balaena mysticetus bowhead whale grønlandshval Svalbard Spitsbergen Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Svalbard |
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The control region (CR) of the mitochondrial DNA has been previously used to decipher the population structure of Holocene bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from the Spitsbergen stock. The bone samples dated from recent to more than 50000 years BP were collected on the elevated beaches of Svalbard, and are related to ancestors of the nearly extinct Spitsbergen stock. Very high haplotype diversity was reported that frequency based analyses and comparisons with other data set became meaningless; More than 80 % of the specimens had individual specific haplotypes. Therefore, it was of large interest to investigate the genetic variation in a mitochondrial marker expected to contain less variation. In the present project the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene was successfully sequenced for 33 of the historic bowhead whale samples. As expected, haplotype and nucleotide diversity based on the cytB was significantly lower rendering this gene a suitable marker for genetic comparisons of bowhead whale stocks. However, cytB sequences did not allow to identify groups of control region based haplotypes. |
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Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA |
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Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA |
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Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA |
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Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA |
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Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA |
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genetic variation in holocene spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences amplified from ancient dna |
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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-18659 Meland, Tina. Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA . Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/11784 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft.au=Meland, Tina&rft.title=Genetic variation in Holocene Spitsbergen stock bowhead whales inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences amplified from ancient DNA &rft.inst=University of Oslo&rft.date=2008&rft.degree=Masteroppgave URN:NBN:no-18659 70411 080258026 |
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