A review of molecular genetic markers and analytical approaches that have been used for delimiting marine mammal subspecies and species

Rosel, Patricia E.; Taylor, Barbara L.; Hancock-Hanser, Brittany L.; Morin, Phillip A.; Archer, Frederick I.; Lang, Aimee R.; Mesnick, Sarah L.; Pease, Victoria L.; Perrin, William F.; Robertson, Kelly M.; Leslie, Matthew S.; Berta, Annalisa; Cipriano, Frank; Parsons, Kim M.; Viricel, Amélia; Vollmer, Nicole L.; Martien, Karen K.

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A review of molecular genetic markers and analytical approaches that have been used for delimiting marine mammal subspecies and species

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2017
By Rosel, Patricia E. ; Taylor, Barbara L. ; Hancock-Hanser, Brittany L. ; ...

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Journal Title:

Marine Mammal Science
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Rosel, Patricia E. ; Taylor, Barbara L. ; Hancock-Hanser, Brittany L. ; Morin, Phillip A. ; Archer, Frederick I. ; Lang, Aimee R. ; Mesnick, Sarah L. ; Pease, Victoria L. ; Perrin, William F. ; Robertson, Kelly M. ; Leslie, Matthew S. ; Berta, Annalisa ; Cipriano, Frank ; Parsons, Kim M. ; Viricel, Amélia ; Vollmer, Nicole L. ; Martien, Karen K.
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
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Uncertainty in marine mammal taxonomy is increasingly being addressed using molecular genetic data. We examined 32 peer-reviewed articles published between 1994 and 2011to review methodological practices, consistency of markers and ana-lytical methods, and overall quality of arguments used when genetic data have beenemployed to delimit new species and subspecies of marine mammals. The mitochon- drial DNA (mtDNA) control region was the primary genetic marker used in these studies, but analytical methods varied greatly across studies. Diagnosability, a com-mon metric for delimiting subspecies with morphological data, was only used through citing of ﬁxed differences in mtDNA sequences. Assignment tests based on
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Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics
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Marine Mammal Science, 33(S1), 56-75
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https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12412
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0824-0469
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Wiley
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This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the U.S.A.
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