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Chinstrap penguin population genetic structure: one or more populations along the Southern Ocean?

Isidora Mura-JornetCarolina PimentelGisele P M DantasMaria Virginia PetryDaniel González-AcuñaAndrés BarbosaAndrew D LowtherKit M KovacsElie PoulinJuliana A Vianna
Published in: BMC evolutionary biology (2018)
The subtle differentiation found may be explained by some combination of low natal philopatric behavior, high rates of dispersal and/or generally high mobility among colonies of chinstrap penguins compared to other Pygoscelis species.
Keyphrases
  • south africa
  • genetic diversity
  • genome wide
  • copy number
  • dna methylation
  • gene expression