Martine Bérubé

This study assesses the effects of satellite-linked telemetry tags on humpback whales, finding that integrated tags caused less severe tissue damage than non-integrated ones.

The paper develops a universal set of microsatellite loci for baleen whale individual identification and parentage analysis, showing its utility across four species.

The paper estimates population dynamics of North Atlantic humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine from 2000 to 2019, finding increased abundance but declining calf survival and sex ratio shifts.

PHFinder detects point heteroplasmies in Sanger sequencing chromatograms with 90% accuracy, reducing the need for manual inspection.

The paper estimates genome mutation rates in baleen whales using pedigrees, finding rates similar to primates and revising population size estimates and cancer rate explanations.

This paper develops an epigenetic clock for humpback whales using DNA methylation data, showing high accuracy for known ages but underestimation in older individuals and applicability to beluga whales.