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SUBMITTER: Nyhus ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7799570 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources 20161122 1
The Spitsbergen stock of bowhead whales (<i>Balaena mysticetus</i>) is considered Critically Endangered by IUCN. Over recent decades, there have been only a few sightings, and very few biological samples are available for molecular analyses. Hence, genetic diversity of the extant Spitsbergen stock is unknown. Here, we present mitochondrial genomes from eight skin biopsy samples that were collected in 2006 and 2010. There were three different haplotypes, two of which have not previously been dete ...[more]