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Bibliographic resource
Type of document
Journal article
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AS
Title
Oceanographic barriers, divergence, and admixture: Phylogeography and taxonomy of two putative subspecies of short‐finned pilot whale
Abstract
Genomic phylogeography plays an important role in describing evolutionary processes and their geographic, ecological, or cultural drivers. These drivers are often poorly understood in marine environments, which have fewer obvious barriers to mixing than terrestrial environments. Taxonomic uncertainty of some taxa (e.g., cetaceans), due to the difficulty in obtaining morphological data, can hamper our understanding of these processes. One such taxon, the short‐finned pilot whale, is recognized as a single global species but includes at least two distinct morphological forms described from stranding and drive hunting in Japan, the “Naisa” and “Shiho” forms. Using samples (n = 735) collected throughout their global range, we examine phylogeographic patterns of divergence by comparing mitogenomes and nuclear SNP loci. Our results suggest three types within the species: an Atlantic Ocean type, a western/central Pacific and Indian Ocean (Naisa) type, and an eastern Pacific Ocean and northern Japan (Shiho) type. mtDNA control region differentiation indicates these three types form two subspecies, separated by the East Pacific Barrier: Shiho short‐finned pilot whale, in the eastern Pacific Ocean and northern Japan, and Naisa short‐finned pilot whale, throughout the remainder of the species' distribution. Our data further indicate two diverging populations within the Naisa subspecies, in the Atlantic Ocean and western/central Pacific and Indian Oceans, separated by the Benguela Barrier off South Africa. This study reveals a process of divergence and speciation within a globally‐distributed, mobile marine predator, and indicates the importance of the East Pacific Barrier to this evolutionary process.
WebOfScience code
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000473204200014
Bibliographic citation
Van Cise, A.M.; Baird, R.W.; Baker, C.S.; Cerchio, S.; Claridge, D.; Fielding, R.; Hancock-Hanser, B.; Marrero, J.; Martien, K.K.; Mignucci-Giannoni, A.A.; Oleson, E.M.; Oremus, M.; Poole, M.M.; Rosel, P.E.; Taylor, B.L.; Morin, P.A. (2019). Oceanographic barriers, divergence, and admixture: Phylogeography and taxonomy of two putative subspecies of short‐finned pilot whale. Mol. Ecol. 28(11): 2886-2902. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15107
Topic
Marine
Is peer reviewed
true

Authors

author
Name
Amy Van Cise
author
Name
Robin Baird
author
Name
Charles Scott Baker
author
Name
Salvatore Cerchio
author
Name
Diane Claridge
author
Name
Russell Fielding
author
Name
Brittany Hancock-Hanser
author
Name
Jacobo Marrero
author
Name
Karen Martien
author
Name
Antonio Mignucci-Giannoni
author
Name
Erin Oleson
author
Name
Marc Oremus
author
Name
Michael Poole
author
Name
Patricia Rosel
author
Name
Barbara Taylor
author
Name
Philip Morin

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DOI
accessURL
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15107

thesaurus terms

term
Population structure (term code: 6447 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
Taxonomy (term code: 8377 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)

taxonomic terms

taxonomic terms associated with this publication
Cetacea [whales, dolphins and porpoises]
Globicephala macrorhynchus

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date created
2019-06-11
date modified
2019-07-01