An evolutionarily distinct ringed seal in the Ilulissat Icefjord

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu, Löytynoja, Ari, Momigliano, Paolo, Hansen, Rikke Guldborg, Scharff-Olsen, Camilla Hjorth, Valtonen, Mia, Kammonen, Juhana, Dietz, Rune, Rigét, Frank Farsø, Ferguson, Steve H, Lydersen, Christian, Kovacs, Kit M, Holland, David M, Jernvall, Jukka, Auvinen, Petri, Tange Olsen, Morten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: arctic; diversity; indigenous knowledge; local adaptation; marine mammal; Canada; Animals; Arctic Regions; Seals; Earless/genetics; Mammals; Greenland; Arctic; Ilulissat; Kya; glacier; glacier*; inuit; Kangia; Pusa hispida; ringed seal
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/bf8b4f3b-00be-4135-81ce-5251afa6c985; https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17163; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85174407322&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The Earth's polar regions are low rates of inter- and intraspecific diversification. An extreme mammalian example is the Arctic ringed seal (Pusa hispida hispida), which is assumed to be panmictic across its circumpolar Arctic range. Yet, local Inuit communities in Greenland and Canada recogniz...