Genetic tracking of a protected whale

Frank Cipriano () and Stephen R. Palumbi
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Frank Cipriano: Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, Harvard University
Stephen R. Palumbi: Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, Harvard University

Nature, 1999, vol. 397, issue 6717, 307-308

Abstract: Abstract Unusual circumstances have allowed us to trace the life of an individual whale, from its conception in the North Atlantic in 1964 to its sale as raw meat in Osaka, Japan, in 1993. We documented genetic polymorphisms in nuclear and mitochondrial genes of the Osaka meat and showed that they exactly matched those of a naturally occurring blue/fin whale hybrid harpooned near Iceland in 1989. This genetic match allowed us to trace the pathway of this individual from ocean to market. Such techniques can be useful in genetic monitoring programmes developed for the future regulation of the whaling industry and for international management of whale stocks.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1038/16823

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