An overview of genetic relationships of Canadian and adjacent populations of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) with emphasis on Baffin Bay and Canadian eastern Arctic populations

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Authors: de March, BGE, Maiers, L D, Friesen, M K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002
• Subjects: belugas; Delphinapterus leucas; genetics; Canada; Greenland; haplotype; microsatellites; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Barrow Strait; Grise Fiord; Kimmirut; Lancaster Sound; Pangnirtung; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Iqaluit
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/NAMMCOSP/article/view/2835; https://doi.org/10.7557/3.2835

Our current knowledge of the molecular genetics of High Arctic beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) populations (West Greenland, Lancaster Sound/Barrow Strait, Grise Fiord) and populations that are related (southeast Baffin, Beaufort Sea), is presented. In general, genetic analyses confirm the designation...