Quantification and genetic profiling of DNA isolated from free‐floating feces of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

Abstract Fecal analysis from the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale provides valuable information about health and reproductive parameters of individual animals. Genetically profiling the feces facilitates this connection when the sample originator is unknown. Although genetic analysis of feces collected in terrestrial systems has become well established, genetic studies of cetacean DNA are rare. Here, the use of free‐floating feces …