Journal article
Nuclear and Mitochondrial Patterns of Population Structure in North Pacific False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens)
Karen K Martien, Susan J Chivers, Robin W Baird, Frederick I Archer, Antoinette M Gorgone, Brittany L Hancock-Hanser, David Mattila, Daniel J McSweeney, Erin M Oleson, Carol Palmer, Victoria L Pease, Kelly M Robertson, Gregory S Schorr, Mark B Schultz, Daniel L Webster, Barbara L Taylor
JOURNAL OF HEREDITY | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2014
Abstract
False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) are large delphinids typically found in deep water far offshore. However, in the Hawaiian Archipelago, there are 2 resident island-associated populations of false killer whales, one in the waters around the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) and one in the waters around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). We use mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequences and genotypes from 16 nuclear DNA (nucDNA) microsatellite loci from 206 individuals to examine levels of differentiation among the 2 island-associated populations and offshore animals from the central and eastern North Pacific. Both mtDNA and nucDNA exhibit highly significant differentiation ..
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Awarded by U.S. Navy from the Office of Naval Research
Awarded by U.S. Navy from the Naval Postgraduate School
Funding Acknowledgements
National Marine Fisheries Service (Office of Protected Resources, Pacific Island Regional Office, Southwest Fisheries Science Center's Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Pacific Islands Science Center Protected Species Division); the Wild Whale Research Foundation; and the U.S. Navy (grant numbers N000141010686 from the Office of Naval Research and N00244-10-1-0048 from the Naval Postgraduate School).