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Why we should develop guidelines and quantitative standards for using genetic data to delimit subspecies for data-poor organisms like cetaceans
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Source: Marine Mammal Science, 33(S1), 12-26
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Journal Title:Marine Mammal Science
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Description:Obtaining the representative morphological data required for traditional taxon- omy is difficult, and sometimes impossible, for cetaceans, especially large ones. As a result, three quarters of the 88 currently recognized extant species have no subspecies and 40 taxa likely have additional unnamed taxa. Conservation needs give urgency to improving taxonomy because unnamed taxa are unlikely to receive protection equivalent to that received by named taxa. Genetic data can improve efforts to deli-
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Source:Marine Mammal Science, 33(S1), 12-26
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ISSN:0824-0469
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Rights Information:CC0 Public Domain
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Rights Statement:This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the U.S.A.
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