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Ancient DNA provides glimpse into bowhead whale diversity

November 12, 2012 | Author:Summer Allen, Graduate and Postdoc, Brown University
Bowhead whales

A fascinating recent study by Elizabeth Alter and colleagues explored how arctic ice and whaling have impacted the breeding and evolution of bowhead whales by comparing ancient mitochondrial DNA to samples from modern populations.