Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) mitogenomics: A cautionary tale of defining sub-species from mitochondrial sequence monophyly
A. A. Cabrera, J. P. A. Hoekendijk, A. Aguilar, S. G. Barco, S. Berrow, D. Bloch, A. Borrell, H. A. Cunha, L. Dalla Rosa, C. P. Dias, P. Gauffier, W. Hao, S. Landry, F. Larsen, V. Martin, , M. Berube
This paper reanalyzes fin whale mitogenomic data and finds that apparent monophyly used to define subspecies is due to low sampling, not true genetic separation.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2018Evolutionary Biology