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SUBMITTER: Nikolic N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7357561 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nikolic Natacha N Thompson Paul P de Bruyn Mark M Macé Matthias M Chevalet Claude C
PeerJ 20200710
Efforts to conserve marine mammals are often constrained by uncertainty over their population history. Here, we examine the evolutionary history of a harbour seal (<i>Phoca vitulina</i>) population in the Moray Firth, northeast Scotland using genetic tools and microsatellite markers to explore population change. Previous fine-scale analysis of UK harbour seal populations revealed three clusters in the UK, with a northeastern cluster that included our Moray Firth study population. Our analysis re ...[more]