@techreport{,

title = {Preliminary analysis of MtDNA variation among humpback whales off the coast of Oman and their relationships to whales from wintering grounds in the southwestern Indian Ocean},

author = {Rosenbaum,H.C.,Collins,T.J.Q.,Minton,G.,Baldwin,R.,Glaberman,S.,Findlay,K.P.,Best,P.},

issn = {SC/54/H4},

year  = {2002},

date = {2002-01-01},

journal = {Document presented to the 54th meeting of the International Whaling Commission},

volume = {SC/54/H4},

number = {458},

pages = {1-10},

abstract = {Preliminary results of genetic analysis of skin tissue samples obtained from two sampling locations off the coast of Oman are compared with those obtained form longer term surveys in Madagascar, Mayotte, Mozambique and the east coast of South Africa.  Haplotype diversity was relatively low for whales from Oman in comparison with other populations.  Maternal lineage haplotypes were shared between whales from both sites in Oman and those of other populations.   However, it is unclear whether these shared haplotypes indicate recent exchange/migration links between the Arabian Sea and SW Indian Ocean populations, or are the result of ancestral polymorphism from historical population expansion. Two private material lineage haplotypes were detected in Oman, represented by three individual whales.},

keywords = {Arabian Sea, genotyping, humpback whales, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mayotte, migration, Oman, population characteristics, South Africa, whaling},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {techreport}

}