GENETIC-EVIDENCE FOR MIGRATION OF MALES BETWEEN SCHOOLS OF THE LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE GLOBICEPHALA-MELAS

Authors
ANDERSEN LW SIEGISMUND HR
Citation
Lw. Andersen et Hr. Siegismund, GENETIC-EVIDENCE FOR MIGRATION OF MALES BETWEEN SCHOOLS OF THE LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE GLOBICEPHALA-MELAS, Marine ecology. Progress series, 105(1-2), 1994, pp. 1-7
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Ecology
Journal title
Marine ecology. Progress series → ACNP
ISSN journal
01718630
Volume
105
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 7
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-8630(1994)105:1-2<1:GFMOMB>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The genetic variation at 3 polymorphic allozyme loci was investigated in a population sample comprising approximately 650 individuals of the long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas caught in the Faroe Island s. The sample consisted of pregnant females (carrying foetuses), non-p regnant females and males. The genetic variation was analyzed with a s election component analysis. At 2 of the loci the hypothesis of no mal e reproductive selection was rejected. It was concluded that the fathe rs of the foetuses differed genotypically from the males found in the schools, indicating that males migrate between schools to mate.