Current Science (2011)
Application of molecular tools for the identification of threatened marine mammals has gained importance in recent years. Though live and dead strandings of cetaceans are common along the Indian coasts,…
De novo assembly and characterization of narrow-ridged finless porpoise renal transcriptome and identification of candidate genes involved in osmoregulation
Ruan, Rui; Guo, Ai-Huan; Hao, Yu-Jiang; Zheng, Jin-Song; Wang, Ding
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2015)
During the evolutionary transition from land to water, cetaceans have undergone numerous critical challenges, with osmoregulation being the major one. Two subspecies of the narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis), the…
Genetic diversity and population structure of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) as revealed by mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA
Chen, Minmin; Zheng, Jinsong; Wu, Min; Ruan, Rui; Zhao, Qingzhong; Wang, Ding
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2014)
Ecological surveys have indicated that the population of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise (YFP, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is becoming increasingly small and fragmented, and will be at high risk…
Fatal disseminated Toxoplasma gondii infection in a captive harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Herder, V.; van de Velde, N.; Højer Kristensen, J.; van Elk, C.; Peters, M.; Kilwinski, J.; Schares, G.; Siebert, U.; Wohlsein, P.
Journal of Comparative Pathology (2015)
A 7-year-old female harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), born and held in captivity, suffered from reduced consciousness, imprecise and circling swimming movements and long phases of immobility over a period of…
Genetic and historic evidence for climate-driven population fragmentation in a top cetacean predator: The harbour porpoises in European water
Fontaine, M. C.; Tolley, K. A.; Michaux, J. R.; Birkun, A.; Ferreira, M.; Jauniaux, T.; Llavona, A.; Ozturk, B.; Ozturk, A. A.; Ridoux, V.; Rogan, E.; Sequeira, M.; Bouquegneau, J.-M.; Baird, S. J. E.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2010)
Recent climate change has triggered profound reorganization in northeast Atlantic ecosystems, with substantial impact on the distribution of marine assemblages from plankton to fishes. However, assessing the repercussions on apex…
The life history of Dall’s porpoise with special reference to the stock off the Pacific coast of Japan
Kasuya, T.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1978)
The geographical variation of the colour types of the species indicates three local stocks in the northwestern North Pacific and western Bering Sea (WNP/BS), off the Pacific coast of Japan…
Chromosome number of two color types of the Dall’s porpoise
Yabu, H.; Ogi, H.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1986)
(...) Makino (1948) studied chromosomes of a male P. dalli using traditional sectioning of testis tissue. Since it was generally accepted in those days that the two color morphs represent…
Genetic variability and differentiation in the toothed whales
Shimura, E.; Numachi, K.-I.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1987)
Genetic variability and differentiation of three families containing 12 species of toothed whales mainly from the sea around Japan have been examined by starch-gel electrophoresis at 19 genetic loci encoding…
Source of Aegean Sea harbour porpoises
Rosel, P. E.; Frantzis, A.; Lockyer, C.; Komnenou, A.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2003)
Documented sightings of harbour porpoises in the Mediterranean are rare, although the species is common in the neighbouring North Atlantic and Black Sea. However, in the past 2 decades, 4…
Characterization, optimization, and validation of environmental DNA (eDNA) markers to detect an endangered aquatic mammal
Ma, Hongjuan; Stewart, Kathryn; Lougheed, Stephen; Zheng, Jinsong; Wang, Yuxiang; Zhao, Jianfu
Conservation Genetics Resources (2016)
Environmental DNA (eDNA) represents a sensitive and efficient method for noninvasively sampling rare or otherwise hard to monitor taxa, potentially making it a powerful tool for conservation management. Still, this…