Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia
Skeletal remains of baleen whales killed during the onset of 20th century commercial whaling lie scattered across the shores and abandoned whaling stations of the subantarctic island of South Georgia. Here we report on genetic species identification of whale bones collected from South Georgia using...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:4938125 2024-09-15T17:57:16+00:00 Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia Sremba, Angela L. Martin, Anthony R. Baker, C. Scott 2015-03-17 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.c8k6q unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12139 https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.c8k6q oai:zenodo.org:4938125 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Balaenoptera physalus Eubalaena australis Megatera novaeangliae historical DNA mtDNA species identification whale bone Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus baleen whale South Georgia info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2015 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.c8k6q10.1111/mms.12139 2024-07-25T20:24:11Z Skeletal remains of baleen whales killed during the onset of 20th century commercial whaling lie scattered across the shores and abandoned whaling stations of the subantarctic island of South Georgia. Here we report on genetic species identification of whale bones collected from South Georgia using standard historical DNA protocols. We amplified and sequenced short fragments of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region from 281 available bone samples. Of these, 231 provided mtDNA sequences of sufficient quality and length (174–194 bp) for species identification: 158 bones were identified as humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), 51 bones were identified as fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), 18 bones were identified as blue whale (B. musculus), two bones were identified as sei whale (B. borealis), one bone was identified as a southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), and one bone was identified as a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). The prominence of humpback, fin, and blue whale bones in the sample collection corresponds to the catch record of the early years of whaling on the island of South Georgia (pre-1915), prior to the depletion of these populations. Sremba et al. Species ID alignment An aligned sequence file of mtDNA control region haplotypes with sample codes for all great whale species Other/Unknown Material Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus baleen whale baleen whales Blue whale Elephant Seal Fin whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mirounga leonina Sei Whale Southern Elephant Seal Southern Right Whale Zenodo |
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Balaenoptera physalus Eubalaena australis Megatera novaeangliae historical DNA mtDNA species identification whale bone Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus baleen whale South Georgia Sremba, Angela L. Martin, Anthony R. Baker, C. Scott Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Skeletal remains of baleen whales killed during the onset of 20th century commercial whaling lie scattered across the shores and abandoned whaling stations of the subantarctic island of South Georgia. Here we report on genetic species identification of whale bones collected from South Georgia using standard historical DNA protocols. We amplified and sequenced short fragments of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region from 281 available bone samples. Of these, 231 provided mtDNA sequences of sufficient quality and length (174–194 bp) for species identification: 158 bones were identified as humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), 51 bones were identified as fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), 18 bones were identified as blue whale (B. musculus), two bones were identified as sei whale (B. borealis), one bone was identified as a southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), and one bone was identified as a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). The prominence of humpback, fin, and blue whale bones in the sample collection corresponds to the catch record of the early years of whaling on the island of South Georgia (pre-1915), prior to the depletion of these populations. Sremba et al. Species ID alignment An aligned sequence file of mtDNA control region haplotypes with sample codes for all great whale species |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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Data from: Species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from South Georgia |
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data from: species identification and likely catch time period of whale bones from south georgia |
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Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus baleen whale baleen whales Blue whale Elephant Seal Fin whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mirounga leonina Sei Whale Southern Elephant Seal Southern Right Whale |
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Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus baleen whale baleen whales Blue whale Elephant Seal Fin whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mirounga leonina Sei Whale Southern Elephant Seal Southern Right Whale |
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