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dc.contributor.authorDickerson, Bobette R.
dc.contributor.authorReam, Rolf R.
dc.contributor.authorVignieri, Sacha
dc.contributor.authorBentzen, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-28T20:32:19Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationDickerson, Bobette R., Rolf R. Ream, Sacha N. Vignieri, and Paul Bentzen. 2010. Population structure as revealed by mtDNA and microsatellites in Northern Fur Seals, Callorhinus ursinus, throughout their range. PLoS ONE 5:e10671.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4513845
dc.description.abstractBackground: The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus; NFS) is a widely distributed pinniped that has been shown to exhibit a high degree of philopatry to islands, breeding areas on an island, and even to specific segments of breeding areas. This level of philopatry could conceivably lead to highly genetically divergent populations. However, northern fur seals have the potential for dispersal across large distances and have experienced repeated rapid population expansions following glacial retreat and the more recent cessation of intensive harvest pressure. Methodology/Principal Findings: Using microsatellite and mitochondrial loci, we examined population structure in NFS throughout their range. We found only weak population genetic structure among breeding islands including significant FST and ΦST values between eastern and western Pacific islands. Conclusions: We conclude that insufficient time since rapid population expansion events (both post glacial and following the cessation of intense harvest pressure) mixed with low levels of contemporary migration have resulted in an absence of genetic structure across the entire northern fur seal range.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipOrganismic and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010671en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871788/pdf/en_US
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dc.subjectecologyen_US
dc.subjectpopulation ecologyen_US
dc.subjectgenetics and genomicsen_US
dc.subjectpopulation geneticsen_US
dc.subjectmarine and aquatic sciencesen_US
dc.subjectgenetics, genomics, and barcodingen_US
dc.titlePopulation Structure as Revealed by mtDNA and Microsatellites in Northern Fur Seals, Callorhinus ursinus, throughout Their Rangeen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden_US
dc.relation.journalPLoS ONEen_US
dash.depositing.authorVignieri, Sacha
dc.date.available2010-10-28T20:32:19Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0010671*
dash.contributor.affiliatedVignieri, Sacha


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