U.S.-Sweden Cooperative Research: Genetic Diversity of Endangered Populations of Mysticete Whales: Mitol Historical Demographic Studies

这个为期一年的奖项将支持合作研究， 神秘鲸分类学和保护理查德 宾夕法尼亚大学生态系统公司的Lambertsen说， 瑞典隆德大学的Ulfur Arnason说。斯蒂芬 夏威夷大学的帕伦比也将参加 项目 Lambertsen和Arnason将通过照片识别和采样 在近海沃茨对自由活动的座头鲸进行活体检查 冰岛和格陵兰岛之间。 将对组织进行分析， 线粒体DNA变异和测序 夏威夷和隆德大学。 这些数据将相互关联 并与线粒体DNA的相应估计值进行比较， 大西洋和太平洋其他鲸鱼物种的核苷酸。 该项目将把正在进行的调查扩展到世界各地， 支持神秘鲸的种群遗传学和进化 根据NSF授予的BSR-900006，Stephen Palumbi和Richard Lambertsen担任顾问。 该项目是NSF的一部分， 保护生物学倡议。 结果将允许初始 评估商业性开发的生物多样性的遗传后果 鲸鱼，提供了线粒体DNA的更好的理解 全世界鲸鱼之间的差异，并最终有助于促进 鲸鱼保护该项目将受益于 Lambertsen在皮肤活检取样方面的补充专业知识 和Arnason在DNA分析和海洋哺乳动物。

This one-year award will support collaborative research in mysticete whale systematics and conservation between Richard Lambertsen of the University of Pennsylvania's Ecosystems, Inc., Ulfur Arnason of the University of Lund in Sweden. Stephen Palumbi of the University of Hawaii will also participate in the project. Lambertsen and Arnason will photoidentify and sample by biopsy free-ranging humpback whales in the offshore waters between Iceland and Greenland. The tissues will be analyzed for mitrochondrial DNA variation and sequencing at the University of Hawaii and the University of Lund. These data will be correlated and compared to corresponding estimates of mitochondrial DNA nucleotides of other whale species in the Atlantic and Pacific. The project will extend ongoing investigations into the worldwide population genetics and evolution of mysticete whales supported under NSF grant BSR-900006 with Stephen Palumbi and Richard Lambertsen as consultant. This project is part of the NSF's Conservation Biology Initiative. Results will allow an initial assessment of the genetic consequences of commercially exploited whales, provide a greater understanding of mitochondrial DNA variation among whales worldwide and ultimately help promote the whale conservation. The project will benefit from the complementary expertise of Lambertsen in skin biopsy sampling and Arnason in DNA analysis and marine mammals.