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Genetic diversity of historical Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from Bjørnøya and Håøya (Tusenøyane), Svalbard, Norway

BACKGROUND: The population size of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) is depleted relative to historical abundance levels. In Svalbard, centuries of over-exploitation brought the walrus herds to the verge of extinction, and such bottlenecks may have caused loss of genetic variation. To a...

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Autores principales: Lindqvist, Charlotte, Roy, Tilottama, Lydersen, Christian, Kovacs, Kit M., Aars, Jon, Wiig, Øystein, Bachmann, Lutz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4757977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26892244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1907-8