Genetic analysis of right whales in the eastern North Pacific confirms severe extirpation risk

Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 163 - 167
Published: Aug 16, 2012
Abstract
Genetic analysis of 49 biopsy samples from North Pacific right whales Eubalaena japonica in the eastern (48) and western (1) North Pacific revealed 24 individual whales with 7 mitochondrial haplotypes. Three pairs of large and small individuals were identified in the field; genotype analysis indicated that 2 of these could represent motheroffspring pairs; for the third small individual, no sampled female genetically qualified as a potential...
Paper Details
Title
Genetic analysis of right whales in the eastern North Pacific confirms severe extirpation risk
Published Date
Aug 16, 2012
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
163 - 167
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