Mitogenomic insights into a recently described and rarely observed killer whale morphotype

Identifying evolutionary divergent taxonomic units, e.g. species and subspecies, is important for conservation and evolutionary biology. The 'type D' killer whale, Orcinus orca, is a rarely observed morphotype with a pelagic, circumpolar subantarctic distribution, making dedicated research...

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Main Authors: Foote, A., Morin, P., Pitman, R., Avila-Arcos, M., Durban, J., van Helden, A., Sinding, M., Gilbert, Thomas
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2013
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-013-1354-0#page-1
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3037