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Characterization of 25 microsatellite loci in bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus )
Author(s) -
HUEBINGER RYAN M.,
PATTON JOHN C.,
GEORGE J. CRAIG,
SUYDAM ROBERT,
LOUIS EDWARD E.,
BICKHAM JOHN W.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02015.x
Subject(s) - whaling , biology , beluga whale , fishery , zoology , microsatellite , population , population bottleneck , subsistence agriculture , ecology , arctic , genetics , demography , agriculture , allele , sociology , gene
Bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus ) experienced a severe demographic population bottleneck caused by commercial whaling that ceased in 1914. Aboriginal subsistence whale harvests have continued and are managed by the International Whaling Commission. In an effort to provide management advice for bowhead whales, 25 microsatellite loci were isolated from genomic DNA libraries. This panel of markers will be utilized to analyse stock structure hypotheses of current bowhead whale populations.