The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population
The Cape Verde Islands appear to be winter breeding ground of the smallest humpback whale population yet known. However, it is unclear whether the humpback whales at the Cape Verde Islands interbreed with those in the West Indies. Here we present the results of the genetic analysis of 50 humpback wh...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/289eadf6-3d43-4dee-a97a-acf92db96ee8 2024-06-02T08:04:09+00:00 The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population Bérubé, Martine Ryan, Conor Berrow, Simon D. Suarez, Pedro Lopez Monteiro, Vanda Wenzel, Frederick Robbins, Jooke Mattila, David Vikingsson, G.A. Øien, Nils Palsboll, Per 2013-04-08 https://hdl.handle.net/11370/289eadf6-3d43-4dee-a97a-acf92db96ee8 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/289eadf6-3d43-4dee-a97a-acf92db96ee8 eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/289eadf6-3d43-4dee-a97a-acf92db96ee8 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Bérubé , M , Ryan , C , Berrow , S D , Suarez , P L , Monteiro , V , Wenzel , F , Robbins , J , Mattila , D , Vikingsson , G A , Øien , N & Palsboll , P 2013 , ' The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population ' , 27th Conference of the European Cetacean Society , 08/04/2013 - 10/04/2013 . conferenceObject 2013 ftunigroningenpu 2024-05-07T20:19:49Z The Cape Verde Islands appear to be winter breeding ground of the smallest humpback whale population yet known. However, it is unclear whether the humpback whales at the Cape Verde Islands interbreed with those in the West Indies. Here we present the results of the genetic analysis of 50 humpback whale samples collected in the Cape Verde. Each sample was genotyped at 20 microsatellite loci, the ZFY/X sex determination locus, and the nucleotide sequence in the mitochondrial control region determined. We then compared our results to similar data from humpback whales in the Barents Sea as well as the central and western North Atlantic. These comparisons revealed that the Cape Verde Islands breeding population has very limited exchange with the West Indies breeding ground. Given that surveys indicate a small number of humpback whales at the Cape Verde Islands breeding ground, this result, along with other work, argue for the implementation of effective conservation measures. Conference Object Barents Sea Humpback Whale North Atlantic University of Groningen research database Barents Sea |
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The Cape Verde Islands appear to be winter breeding ground of the smallest humpback whale population yet known. However, it is unclear whether the humpback whales at the Cape Verde Islands interbreed with those in the West Indies. Here we present the results of the genetic analysis of 50 humpback whale samples collected in the Cape Verde. Each sample was genotyped at 20 microsatellite loci, the ZFY/X sex determination locus, and the nucleotide sequence in the mitochondrial control region determined. We then compared our results to similar data from humpback whales in the Barents Sea as well as the central and western North Atlantic. These comparisons revealed that the Cape Verde Islands breeding population has very limited exchange with the West Indies breeding ground. Given that surveys indicate a small number of humpback whales at the Cape Verde Islands breeding ground, this result, along with other work, argue for the implementation of effective conservation measures. |
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Bérubé, Martine Ryan, Conor Berrow, Simon D. Suarez, Pedro Lopez Monteiro, Vanda Wenzel, Frederick Robbins, Jooke Mattila, David Vikingsson, G.A. Øien, Nils Palsboll, Per |
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Bérubé, Martine Ryan, Conor Berrow, Simon D. Suarez, Pedro Lopez Monteiro, Vanda Wenzel, Frederick Robbins, Jooke Mattila, David Vikingsson, G.A. Øien, Nils Palsboll, Per The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population |
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Bérubé, Martine Ryan, Conor Berrow, Simon D. Suarez, Pedro Lopez Monteiro, Vanda Wenzel, Frederick Robbins, Jooke Mattila, David Vikingsson, G.A. Øien, Nils Palsboll, Per |
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The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population |
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The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population |
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The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population |
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The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population |
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The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population |
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cape verde islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population |
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Bérubé , M , Ryan , C , Berrow , S D , Suarez , P L , Monteiro , V , Wenzel , F , Robbins , J , Mattila , D , Vikingsson , G A , Øien , N & Palsboll , P 2013 , ' The Cape Verde Islands are home to a small and genetically distinct humpback whale breeding population ' , 27th Conference of the European Cetacean Society , 08/04/2013 - 10/04/2013 . |
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