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- Title
Ecotype Origin of an Entangled Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Identified with Remnant mtDNA.
- Authors
Nye, Charles; Parsons, Kim; Rice, James; Baker, C. Scott
- Abstract
The article informs about the identification of the ecotype origin of an entangled killer whale using remnant mtDNA after being found dead and ensnared in recreational Dungeness crab gear off the coast of Newport, Oregon. Topic include the study uses investigative molecular methods to determine the killer whale's ecotype, highlighting the significance of genetic markers in identifying sympatric groups within killer whale populations in the Northeast Pacific.
- Subjects
KILLER whale; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MARINE mammal populations; MARINE biology; AQUATIC mammals; DEAD
- Publication
Aquatic Mammals, 2024, Vol 50, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0167-5427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1578/AM.50.1.2024.45