Mixing of Porpoise Ecotypes in South Western UK Waters Revealed by Genetic Profiling
Michaël C. Fontaine, Oliver Thatcher, Nicolas Ray, Sylvain Piry, Andrew Brownlow, Nicholas J. Davison, Paul Jepson, Rob Deaville, Simon J. Goodman
The paper uses genetic profiling to show mixed ancestry of harbour porpoises in UK waters, revealing a contact zone between southern and northern ecotypes and patterns of body size and dispersal.
bioRxiv · Mar 27, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology