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Harbor Seal Research in Alaska
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Harbor Seal Research in Alaska
November 08, 2022
A collection of research publications on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) conducted in Alaska, including population genetic structure.
A variety of research on harbor seals conducted in Alaska.
Independent Review of the Analysis of Population Genetic Structure in Alaskan Harbor Seals, Phoca Vitulina, as a Framework for the Identification of Management Stocks. O'Corry-Crowe, Gregory, Karen Martien and Barbara Taylor, Barbara. 2003. The American Institute of Biological Sciences was tasked by the NOAA Fisheries and the Native Harbor Seal Commission Alaska Harbor Seal Comanagement Committee to organize a review of Administrative Report LJ-03-08, O'Corry-Crowe, G.M., K.K. Martien, and B.L. Taylor.
The Analysis of Population Genetic Structure in Alaskan Harbor Seals as a Framework for the Identification of Management Stocks. O'Corry-Crowe, Greg M., Karen K. Martien, and Barbara L. Taylor. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. Administrative Report LJ-03-08. 2003. Because of its maternal mode of inheritance and rapid rate of evolution, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is an ideal marker in the investigation of the demographic relationships among groups of animals such as harbor seals. In this report we present our findings from an extensive genetic study of population subdivision and dispersal patterns of harbor seals in Alaska using mtDNA.
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