Low Diversity in the Mitogenome of Sperm Whales Revealed by Next-Generation Sequencing

Large population sizes and global distributions generally associate with high mitochondrial DNA control region (CR) diversity. The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is an exception, showing low CR diversity relative to other cetaceans; however, diversity levels throughout the remainder of the spe...

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Main Authors: Alexander, Alana, Steel, Debbie, Slikas, Beth, Hoekzema, Kendra, Carraher, Colm, Parks, Matthew, Cronn, Richard, Baker, C. Scott
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3595033/