Putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the North Sea
The globally distributed sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) has a partly matrilineal social structure with predominant male dispersal. At the beginning of 2016, a total of 30 male sperm whales stranded in five different countries bordering the southern North Sea. It has been postulated that these...
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ftubpotsdam:oai:kobv.de-opus4-uni-potsdam:54603 2023-05-15T17:59:22+02:00 Putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the North Sea Autenrieth, Marijke Ernst, Anja Deaville, Rob Demaret, Fabien Ijsseldijk, Lonneke L. Siebert, Ursula Tiedemann, Ralph 2018-01-11 https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/54603 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.09.003 eng eng https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/54603 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.09.003 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess ddc:570 Institut für Biochemie und Biologie other doc-type:Other 2018 ftubpotsdam https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.09.003 2023-03-19T23:32:52Z The globally distributed sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) has a partly matrilineal social structure with predominant male dispersal. At the beginning of 2016, a total of 30 male sperm whales stranded in five different countries bordering the southern North Sea. It has been postulated that these individuals were on a migration route from the north to warmer temperate and tropical waters where females live in social groups. By including samples from four countries (n = 27), this event provided a unique chance to genetically investigate the maternal relatedness and the putative origin of these temporally and spatially co-occuring male sperm whales. To utilize existing genetic resources, we sequenced 422 bp of the mitochondrial control region, a molecular marker for which sperm whale data are readily available from the entire distribution range. Based on four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the mitochondrial control region, five matrilines could be distinguished within the stranded specimens, four of which matched published haplotypes previously described in the Atlantic. Among these male sperm whales, multiple matrilineal lineages co-occur. We analyzed the population differentiation and could show that the genetic diversity of these male sperm whales is comparable to the genetic diversity in sperm whales from the entire Atlantic Ocean. We confirm that within this stranding event, males do not comprise maternally related individuals and apparently include assemblages of individuals from different geographic regions. (c) 2017 Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Saugetierkunde. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. Other/Unknown Material Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale University of Potsdam: publish.UP Mammalian Biology 88 156 160 |
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ddc:570 Institut für Biochemie und Biologie Autenrieth, Marijke Ernst, Anja Deaville, Rob Demaret, Fabien Ijsseldijk, Lonneke L. Siebert, Ursula Tiedemann, Ralph Putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the North Sea |
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The globally distributed sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) has a partly matrilineal social structure with predominant male dispersal. At the beginning of 2016, a total of 30 male sperm whales stranded in five different countries bordering the southern North Sea. It has been postulated that these individuals were on a migration route from the north to warmer temperate and tropical waters where females live in social groups. By including samples from four countries (n = 27), this event provided a unique chance to genetically investigate the maternal relatedness and the putative origin of these temporally and spatially co-occuring male sperm whales. To utilize existing genetic resources, we sequenced 422 bp of the mitochondrial control region, a molecular marker for which sperm whale data are readily available from the entire distribution range. Based on four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the mitochondrial control region, five matrilines could be distinguished within the stranded specimens, four of which matched published haplotypes previously described in the Atlantic. Among these male sperm whales, multiple matrilineal lineages co-occur. We analyzed the population differentiation and could show that the genetic diversity of these male sperm whales is comparable to the genetic diversity in sperm whales from the entire Atlantic Ocean. We confirm that within this stranding event, males do not comprise maternally related individuals and apparently include assemblages of individuals from different geographic regions. (c) 2017 Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Saugetierkunde. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Autenrieth, Marijke Ernst, Anja Deaville, Rob Demaret, Fabien Ijsseldijk, Lonneke L. Siebert, Ursula Tiedemann, Ralph |
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Autenrieth, Marijke Ernst, Anja Deaville, Rob Demaret, Fabien Ijsseldijk, Lonneke L. Siebert, Ursula Tiedemann, Ralph |
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Putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the North Sea |
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Putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the North Sea |
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Putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the North Sea |
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Putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the North Sea |
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Putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the North Sea |
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putative origin and maternal relatedness of male sperm whales (physeter macrocephalus) recently stranded in the north sea |
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