Marine Mammal Sci (1999)
The vaquita, Phocoena sinus, is one of two critically endangered cetacean species, and is listed as an endangered species in both the United States and Mexico. These listings result from…
Determining genotypes from blowhole exhalation samples of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Borowska, Ewa I.; Nowak, Zuzanna; van Elk, Cornelis; Wahlberg, Magnus
Aquatic Mammals (2014)
(...) It is currently not known if DNA could be obtained from blowhole exhalations of smaller- toothed whales, such as harbour porpoises, with much smaller exhalation volumes than bottlenose dolphins.…
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) discovered at Okinawa Island, Japan, with the source population inferred from mitochondrial DNA
Yoshida, Hideyoshi; Higashi, Naoto; Ono, Hidehiko; Uchida, Senzo
Aquatic Mammals (2010)
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An intergeneric hybrid in the family Phocoenidae
Baird, Robin W.; Willis, Pamela M.; Guenther, Tamara J.; Wilson, Paul J.; White, Bradley N.
Canadian Journal of Zoology (1998)
A 60-cm female fetus recovered from a Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) found dead in southern British Columbia was fathered by a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). This is the first report…
First mitochondrial DNA analysis of the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Pimper, Lida Elena; Goodall, Rae Natalie Prosser; Remis, María Isabel
Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde (2012)
The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica, Lahille, 1912)is one of the cetacean species about which least is known. Most information on the biology and ecology of this species has been obtained…
Phylogenetic relationships among the true porpoises (Cetacea: Phocoenidae)
Rosel, P; Haygood, M; Perrin, W
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (1995)
Portions of the cytochrome b gene and control region of the mitochondrial DNA molecule were sequenced to investigate systematic relationships among the six extant species of true porpoises, (Cetacea: Phocoenidae).…
Population genetic structure of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis): Implications for management and conservation
Zheng, Jin-Song; Xia, Jun-Hong; He, Shun-Ping; Wang, Ding
Biochem Genet (2005)
Understanding the population genetic structure is a prerequisite for conservation of a species. The degree of genetic variability characteristic of the mitochondrial DNA control region has been widely exploited in…
Population structure of finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in coastal waters of Japan based on mitochondrial DNA sequences
Yoshida, H.; Yoshioka, M.; Shirakihara, M.; Chow, S
Journal of Mammalogy (2001)
To clarify population structure of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in Japan, we examined mitochondrial DNA sequences of 174 animals. All individuals except for a female were collected in 5 geographically…
Analysis of global and local population stratification of finless porpoises Neophocaena phocaenoides in Chinese waters
Li, Xiang; Liu, Yingying; Tzika, Athanasia C.; Zhu, Qian; Van Doninck, Karine; Milinkovitch, Michel C.
Marine Biology (2011)
The existence of three distinct populations is widely accepted for the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in Chinese waters: the Yellow Sea, Yangtze River, and South China Sea populations. Here, we…
Ex-situ conservation status of an endangered Yangtze finless porpoise population (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) as measured from microsatellites and mtDNA diversity
XIA, J; ZHENG, J; WANG, D
ICES Journal of Marine Science (2005)
The Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis, is an endangered small cetacean that occurs only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River of China. The establishment of…