Journal article
Utility of North Atlantic Right Whale Museum Specimens for Assessing Changes in Genetic Diversity
Abstract
We examined six historical specimens of the endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) using DNA isolated from documented baleen plates from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Sequences from the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region from these samples were compared with those from a near-exhaustive survey (269 of approximately 320 individuals) of the remaining right whales in the western North Atlantic Ocean. …
Authors
Rosenbaum HC; Egan MG; Clapham PJ; Brownell RL; Malik S; Brown MW; White BN; Walsh P; Desalle R
Journal
Conservation Biology, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 1837–1842
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 18, 2000
DOI
10.1111/j.1523-1739.2000.99310.x
ISSN
0888-8892