Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
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…·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.
DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.003