A European melting pot of harbour porpoise in the French Atlantic coasts inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear data.

A European melting pot of harbour porpoise in the French Atlantic coasts inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear data.

Field surveys have reported a global shift in harbour porpoise distribution in European waters during the last 15 years, including a return to the Atlantic coasts of France. In this study, we analyzed genetic polymorphisms at a fragment of the mitochondrial control region (mtDNA CR) and 7 nuclear mi...

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Main Authors: Eric Alfonsi, Sami Hassani, François-Gilles Carpentier, Jean-Yves Le Clec'h, Willy Dabin, Olivier Van Canneyt, Michael C Fontaine, Jean-Luc Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3440431?pdf=render

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