TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular insights into the historic demography of bowhead whales: understanding the evolutionary basis of contemporary management practices
AU - Phillips, Caleb
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Patterns of genetic variation observed within species reflect evolutionary histories
that include signatures of past demography. Understanding the demographic
component of species’ history is fundamental to informed management
because changes in effective population size affect response to environmental
change and evolvability, the strength of genetic drift, and maintenance of
genetic variability. Species experiencing anthropogenic population reductions
provide valuable case studies for understanding the genetic response to demographic
change because historic changes in the census size are often well
documented. A classic example is the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, which
experienced dramatic population depletion due to commercial whaling in the
late 19th and early 20th centuries. Consequently, we analyzed a large multimarker
dataset of bowhead whales using a variety of analytical methods, including
extended Bayesian skyline analysis and approximate Bayesian computation, to
chara
AB - Patterns of genetic variation observed within species reflect evolutionary histories
that include signatures of past demography. Understanding the demographic
component of species’ history is fundamental to informed management
because changes in effective population size affect response to environmental
change and evolvability, the strength of genetic drift, and maintenance of
genetic variability. Species experiencing anthropogenic population reductions
provide valuable case studies for understanding the genetic response to demographic
change because historic changes in the census size are often well
documented. A classic example is the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, which
experienced dramatic population depletion due to commercial whaling in the
late 19th and early 20th centuries. Consequently, we analyzed a large multimarker
dataset of bowhead whales using a variety of analytical methods, including
extended Bayesian skyline analysis and approximate Bayesian computation, to
chara
U2 - 10.1002/ece3.374
DO - 10.1002/ece3.374
M3 - Article
JO - Ecology and Evolution
JF - Ecology and Evolution
ER -