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Polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae and fin whale, balaenoptera physalus

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Samples were kindly supplied by Center for Coastal Studies, Mingan Island Cetacean Study, Inc., South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. The International Whaling Commission, the Greenland Home Rule, the Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland as well as the Danish Natural Science Research Council supported part of this work.

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  1. Ecosystem Sciences Division – ESPM, Hilgard #3110, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Martine Bérubé, Mary Beth Rew & Per J. Palsbøll

  2. Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

    Martine Bérubé, Hanne Jørgensen & Per J. Palsbøll

  3. Institute of Marine Research, Box 1870, Nordnes, N-5817, Bergen, Norway

    Hans Skaug

  4. Center for Coastal Studies, P.O. Box 1036, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 02657, USA

    Jooke Robbins

  5. Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

    Peter Best

  6. Mingan Island Cetacean Study, Inc., 285 Green Street, Ste-Lambert, Quebec, Canada

    Richard Sears

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Bérubé, M., Rew, M.B., Skaug, H. et al. Polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae and fin whale, balaenoptera physalus . Conserv Genet 6, 631–636 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-005-9017-5

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