Population genetic structure of finless porpoises, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in Chinese waters, inferred from mitochondrial control region sequences

Yang, Guang; Ren, Wenhua; Zhou, Kaiya; Liu, Shan; Ji, Guoqing; Yan, Jib; Wang, Limin
Marine Mammal Sci (2002)

Seven hundred and twenty base pairs (bp) of the mitochondrial control region from 73 finless porpoises, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in Chinese waters were sequenced. Thirteen variable sites were determined and 17…


Small-scale population structure of eastern North Pacific harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) indicated by molecular genetic analyses

Chivers, S. J.; Dizon, A. E.; Gearin, P. J.; Robertson, K. M.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2002)

Concern about the conservation and management of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) populations, which have experienced relatively large incidental fishery kills in localised areas throughout their range, has prompted research to…


Mitochondrial control region variability of baiji and the Yangtze finless porpoises, two sympatric small cetaceans in the Yangtze river

Yang, Guang; Liu, Shan; Ren, Wenhua; Zhou, Kaiya; Wei, Fuwen
Acta Theriologica (2003)

Baiji Lipotes vexillifer (Miller, 1918) and the Yangtze finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis (Pilleri and Gihr, 1972) are two sympatric small cetaceans inhabiting the middle and lower reaches of the…


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 nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation among South American Burmeister’s porpoises (Phocoena spinipinnis)

Rosa, Sabrina; Milinkovitch, Michel C.; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Berck, Jehanne; Oporto, Jorge; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Goodall, Natalie; Cassens, Insa
Conservation Genetics (2005)

Little is known about the biology of Burmeister’s porpoises (Phocoena spinipinnis), a small cetacean species endemic to South American waters. Information on stock structure, however, is urgently needed, as the…