A global cline in a colour polymorphism suggests a limited contribution of gene flow towards the recovery of a heavily exploited marine mammal

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Hoffman, J.I., Bauer, E., Paijmans, A.J., Humble, E., Beckmann, L.M., Kubetschek, C., Christaller, F., Krocker, N., Fuchs, B., Moreras, A., Shihlomule, Y.D., Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt, Cleary, A.C., De Bruyn, P.J. Nico, Forcada, J., Goebel, M.E., Goldsworthy, S.D., Guinet, C., Hoelzel, A.R., Lydersen, C., Kovacs, K.M., Lowther, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Colour polymorphism; Melanocortin 1 receptor gene; Population structure; Pinniped; Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella); Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Indian; Bouvetøya; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Arctocephalus gazella; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70322; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181227

Evaluating how populations are connected by migration is important for understanding species resilience because gene flow can facilitate recovery from demographic declines. We therefore investigated the extent to which migration may have contributed to the global recovery of the Antarctic fur seal (...