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Diversity of mitochondrial DNA in 3 species of great whales before and after modern whaling

Angela L Sremba and others

Journal of Heredity, esad048, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad048

The 20th century commercial whaling industry severely reduced populations of great whales throughout the Southern Hemisphere. The effect of this exploitation on genetic diversity and population structure remains largely undescribed. Here, we compare...

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