Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)
The annual return of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, to traditional seasonal locations across the Arctic may involve migratory culture, while the convergence of discrete summering aggregations on common wintering grounds may facilitate outbreeding. Natal philopatry and cultural inheritance, ho...
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Research Article Biology and Life Sciences Organisms Eukaryota Animals Vertebrates Amniotes Mammals Marine Mammals Whales Beluga Whales Marine Biology Earth Sciences Marine and Aquatic Sciences Behavior Animal Behavior Animal Migration Zoology Genetics DNA Forms of DNA Mitochondrial DNA Biochemistry Nucleic acids Bodies of Water Lagoons Genetic Loci Gulfs Gulf of Alaska Heredity Gene Flow Evolutionary Biology Population Genetics Population Biology Physical Sciences Mathematics Applied Mathematics Algorithms Clustering Algorithms Research and Analysis Methods Simulation and Modeling General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine envir geo Barbara A. Mahoney John J. Citta Tatiana Ferrer Lois A. Harwood Robert Suydam Dennis Litovka Greg O’Corry-Crowe Vladimir N. Burkanov Brooke Potgieter K.J. Frost Lori T. Quakenbush Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Research Article Biology and Life Sciences Organisms Eukaryota Animals Vertebrates Amniotes Mammals Marine Mammals Whales Beluga Whales Marine Biology Earth Sciences Marine and Aquatic Sciences Behavior Animal Behavior Animal Migration Zoology Genetics DNA Forms of DNA Mitochondrial DNA Biochemistry Nucleic acids Bodies of Water Lagoons Genetic Loci Gulfs Gulf of Alaska Heredity Gene Flow Evolutionary Biology Population Genetics Population Biology Physical Sciences Mathematics Applied Mathematics Algorithms Clustering Algorithms Research and Analysis Methods Simulation and Modeling General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine envir geo |
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The annual return of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, to traditional seasonal locations across the Arctic may involve migratory culture, while the convergence of discrete summering aggregations on common wintering grounds may facilitate outbreeding. Natal philopatry and cultural inheritance, however, has been difficult to assess as earlier studies were of too short a duration, while genetic analyses of breeding patterns, especially across the beluga’s Pacific range, have been hampered by inadequate sampling and sparse information on wintering areas. Using a much expanded sample and genetic marker set comprising 1,647 whales, spanning more than two decades and encompassing all major coastal summering aggregations in the Pacific Ocean, we found evolutionary-level divergence among three geographic regions: the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas, and the Sea of Okhotsk (Φst = 0.11–0.32, Rst = 0.09–0.13), and likely demographic independence of (Fst-mtDNA = 0.02–0.66), and in many cases limited gene flow (Fst-nDNA = 0.0–0.02; K = 5–6) among, summering groups within regions. Assignment tests identified few immigrants within summering aggregations, linked migrating groups to specific summering areas, and found that some migratory corridors comprise whales from multiple subpopulations (PBAYES = 0.31:0.69). Further, dispersal is male-biased and substantial numbers of closely related whales congregate together at coastal summering areas. Stable patterns of heterogeneity between areas and consistently high proportions (~20%) of close kin (including parent-offspring) sampled up to 20 years apart within areas (G = 0.2–2.9, p>0.5) is the first direct evidence of natal philopatry to migration destinations in belugas. Using recent satellite telemetry findings on belugas we found that the spatial proximity of winter ranges has a greater influence on the degree of both individual and genetic exchange than summer ranges (rwinter-Fst-mtDNA = 0.9, rsummer-Fst-nDNA = 0.1). These findings indicate widespread natal ... |
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Barbara A. Mahoney John J. Citta Tatiana Ferrer Lois A. Harwood Robert Suydam Dennis Litovka Greg O’Corry-Crowe Vladimir N. Burkanov Brooke Potgieter K.J. Frost Lori T. Quakenbush |
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Barbara A. Mahoney John J. Citta Tatiana Ferrer Lois A. Harwood Robert Suydam Dennis Litovka Greg O’Corry-Crowe Vladimir N. Burkanov Brooke Potgieter K.J. Frost Lori T. Quakenbush |
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Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in north pacific beluga whales (delphinapterus leucas) |
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::c977e2f8a396c7fa9ab0356ad1f2b573 2023-05-15T15:19:10+02:00 Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) Barbara A. Mahoney John J. Citta Tatiana Ferrer Lois A. Harwood Robert Suydam Dennis Litovka Greg O’Corry-Crowe Vladimir N. Burkanov Brooke Potgieter K.J. Frost Lori T. Quakenbush 2018-03-22 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863979 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863979?pdf=render https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0194201&type=printable https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5863979 https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863979 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/24553 https://paperity.org/p/85824504/migratory-culture-population-structure-and-stock-identity-in-north-pacific-beluga-whales https://dryad.figshare.com/collections/Data_from_Migratory_culture_population_structure_and_stock_identity_in_North_Pacific_beluga_whales_Delphinapterus_leucas_/4043390 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2791279497 en eng Public Library of Science http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863979 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863979?pdf=render https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0194201&type=printable https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5863979 https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863979 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/24553 https://paperity.org/p/85824504/migratory-culture-population-structure-and-stock-identity-in-north-pacific-beluga-whales https://dryad.figshare.com/collections/Data_from_Migratory_culture_population_structure_and_stock_identity_in_North_Pacific_beluga_whales_Delphinapterus_leucas_/4043390 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2791279497 lic_creative-commons oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5863979 oai:doaj.org/article:1a03e225da244bee92c07df9214bcc2f 10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 29566001 2791279497 10|opendoar____::eda80a3d5b344bc40f3bc04f65b7a357 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c 10|driver______::bee53aa31dc2cbb538c10c2b65fa5824 10|doajarticles::830e55b42c4aaa815c19cfa4f2e5855e 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 openaire____::1256f046-bf1f-4afc-8b47-d0b147148b18 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|openaire____::55045bd2a65019fd8e6741a755395c8c 10|openaire____::806360c771262b4d6770e7cdf04b5c5a Research Article Biology and Life Sciences Organisms Eukaryota Animals Vertebrates Amniotes Mammals Marine Mammals Whales Beluga Whales Marine Biology Earth Sciences Marine and Aquatic Sciences Behavior Animal Behavior Animal Migration Zoology Genetics DNA Forms of DNA Mitochondrial DNA Biochemistry Nucleic acids Bodies of Water Lagoons Genetic Loci Gulfs Gulf of Alaska Heredity Gene Flow Evolutionary Biology Population Genetics Population Biology Physical Sciences Mathematics Applied Mathematics Algorithms Clustering Algorithms Research and Analysis Methods Simulation and Modeling General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine envir geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2018 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194201 2023-01-22T17:17:08Z The annual return of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, to traditional seasonal locations across the Arctic may involve migratory culture, while the convergence of discrete summering aggregations on common wintering grounds may facilitate outbreeding. Natal philopatry and cultural inheritance, however, has been difficult to assess as earlier studies were of too short a duration, while genetic analyses of breeding patterns, especially across the beluga’s Pacific range, have been hampered by inadequate sampling and sparse information on wintering areas. Using a much expanded sample and genetic marker set comprising 1,647 whales, spanning more than two decades and encompassing all major coastal summering aggregations in the Pacific Ocean, we found evolutionary-level divergence among three geographic regions: the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas, and the Sea of Okhotsk (Φst = 0.11–0.32, Rst = 0.09–0.13), and likely demographic independence of (Fst-mtDNA = 0.02–0.66), and in many cases limited gene flow (Fst-nDNA = 0.0–0.02; K = 5–6) among, summering groups within regions. Assignment tests identified few immigrants within summering aggregations, linked migrating groups to specific summering areas, and found that some migratory corridors comprise whales from multiple subpopulations (PBAYES = 0.31:0.69). Further, dispersal is male-biased and substantial numbers of closely related whales congregate together at coastal summering areas. Stable patterns of heterogeneity between areas and consistently high proportions (~20%) of close kin (including parent-offspring) sampled up to 20 years apart within areas (G = 0.2–2.9, p>0.5) is the first direct evidence of natal philopatry to migration destinations in belugas. Using recent satellite telemetry findings on belugas we found that the spatial proximity of winter ranges has a greater influence on the degree of both individual and genetic exchange than summer ranges (rwinter-Fst-mtDNA = 0.9, rsummer-Fst-nDNA = 0.1). These findings indicate widespread natal ... 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