Genetic analyses (mtDNA and microsatellites) of Okhotsk and Bering/Chukchi/Beaufort Seas populations of bowhead whales

R. G. LeDuc; A. E. Dizon; A. M. Burdin; S. A.  Blockhin; J. C. George; R. L.  Brownell Jr.

doi:10.47536/jcrm.v7i2.743

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Publiée : mars 15, 2023

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v7i2.743

R. G. LeDuc

A. E. Dizon

A. M. Burdin

S. A. Blockhin

J. C. George

R. L. Brownell Jr.

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Both North Pacific populations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) underwent heavy exploitation by commercial whalers in the 19th century, but their reduction in numbers was unequal and their contemporary population sizes differ by an order of magnitude. To investigate the genetic divergence of the different populations, tissue samples of bowhead whales representing the Okhotsk Sea (OS) population (25 samples) and the Bering/Chukchi/Beaufort Seas (BCBS) population (29 samples) were used to generate mtDNA control region sequences and genotypes for three microsatellite loci. There were 20 haplotypes represented in the contemporary BCBS samples and four in the OS samples, three of which were shared with the BCBS samples. The BCBS samples had a much greater haplotypic diversity (0.93) than the OS samples (0.61). Analyses of both types of data revealed significant genetic differences between the two populations, indicating that the populations represent discrete gene pools.

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Vol. 7 No 2 (2005): JCRM

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