Manuel Fiegl, Robin A Kimmel
Laboratory Course Using Zebrafish to Uncover Changing Roles of Wnt Signaling in Early Vertebrate Development
Zebrafish
study investigated close kinship structure southern right whales feeding grounds austral summer seasons study based biopsy samples 171 individual whales genotyped 14 microsatellite dna loci kinship investigated using lod log odds score relatedness index pair genotypes based cutoff point lodpo 6 chosen balance false positives negatives total 28 dyads inferred among 25 classified parentoffspring pairs additional genetic mitochondrial dna haplotypes biological estimated body length sex data used provide additional information inferred close kin pairs elapsed time sampling varied 0 close kin detected austral summer season 17 years kin pairs occurred within antarctic indo sector 85135e pair occurred whales within outside sector six pairs individuals high antarctic lower latitudes results present analysis kinship consistent views whales indo sector antarctic related breeding ground southwest australia whales population occupy different feeding grounds present study potential contribute conservation southern right whales monitoring important population parameters population sizes growth rate addition assist interpretation stock structure derived standard population genetic analyses