Ing Chen
Genetic diversity of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) populations in the western North Pacific and the conservation implications
Chen, Ing; Nishida, Shin; Yang, Wei-Cheng; Isobe, Tomohiko; Tajima, Yuko; Hoelzel, A. Rus
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Shin Nishida
Wei-Cheng Yang
Tomohiko Isobe
Yuko Tajima
Professor Rus Hoelzel a.r.hoelzel@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
The evolutionary processes that shape patterns of diversity in highly mobile marine species are poorly understood, but important towards transferable inference on their effective conservation. In this study, bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) are studied to address this broader question. They exhibit remarkable geographical variation for morphology, life history, and genetic diversity, and this high level of variation has made the taxonomy of the genus controversial. A significant population structure has been reported for the most widely distributed species, the common bottlenose dolphin (T. truncatus), in almost all ocean basins, though no data have been available for the western North Pacific Ocean (WNP). The genetic diversity of bottlenose dolphins in the WNP was investigated based on 20 microsatellite and one mitochondrial DNA markers for samples collected from Taiwanese, Japanese, and Philippine waters (9°–39°N, 120°–140°E) during 1986–2012. The results indicated that there are at least four genetically differentiated populations of common bottlenose dolphins in the western and central North Pacific Ocean. The pattern of differentiation appears to correspond to habitat types, resembling results seen in other populations of the same species. Our analyses also showed that there was no evident gene flow between the two “sister species”, the common bottlenose dolphins, and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (T. aduncus) occurring sympatrically in our study region.
Citation
Chen, I., Nishida, S., Yang, W., Isobe, T., Tajima, Y., & Hoelzel, A. R. (2017). Genetic diversity of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) populations in the western North Pacific and the conservation implications. Marine Biology, 164(10), Article 202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3232-8
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 29, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 11, 2017 |
Publication Date | Sep 11, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Sep 15, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 15, 2017 |
Journal | Marine Biology |
Print ISSN | 0025-3162 |
Electronic ISSN | 1432-1793 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 164 |
Issue | 10 |
Article Number | 202 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3232-8 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1344861 |
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