The stranding of a suckling calf of Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) on the coast near Salerno (Campania, Southern Italy) is reported. The molecular analysis of a partial sequence of the mitochondrial DNA control region shows that the animal bore a haplotype identical to haplotype Ba169 considered as typical of individuals from North Atlantic population. Historical data and our results suggest the possibility that the Mediterranean Sea might be a potential calving or nursery ground for this species.
Haplotype characterization of a stranded common minke whale calf (Balaenoptera acutorostrata lacépède, 1804): Is the mediterranean sea a potential calving or nursery ground for the species? / Maio, Nicola; Giovannotti, Massimo; Barucchi, Vincenzo Caputo; Petraccioli, Agnese; Pollaro, Francesco; Guarino, FABIO MARIA; Splendiani, Andrea; DE STASIO, Roberta; Odierna, Gaetano. - In: HYSTRIX. - ISSN 0394-1914. - 27:2(2016), pp. 1-4. [10.4404/hystrix-27.2-11661]
Haplotype characterization of a stranded common minke whale calf (Balaenoptera acutorostrata lacépède, 1804): Is the mediterranean sea a potential calving or nursery ground for the species?
MAIO, NICOLA;PETRACCIOLI, AGNESE;GUARINO, FABIO MARIA;DE STASIO, ROBERTA;ODIERNA, GAETANO
2016
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The stranding of a suckling calf of Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) on the coast near Salerno (Campania, Southern Italy) is reported. The molecular analysis of a partial sequence of the mitochondrial DNA control region shows that the animal bore a haplotype identical to haplotype Ba169 considered as typical of individuals from North Atlantic population. Historical data and our results suggest the possibility that the Mediterranean Sea might be a potential calving or nursery ground for this species.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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