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Baltic marine mammal population boundaries and phylogeography Morten Tange Olsen HELCOM Seal 8 Turku, Oct 2014. Harbour seal management units. Olsen et al 2014 Mol Ecol. Baltic harbour seals mtDNA. Grey seal population structure. Gråsælen. Grey seal population structure. mtDNA
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Baltic marine mammalpopulation boundaries and phylogeographyMorten Tange OlsenHELCOM Seal 8Turku, Oct 2014
Olsen et al 2014 Mol Ecol
Grey seal population structure Gråsælen
Grey seal population structure • mtDNA • 226 modern + 50 historic samples • 435 bp control region • Microsatellites • 79 modern samples • 14 loci;
SCOTLAND WADDEN SEA LÆSØ RØDSAND FALSTERBO CHR.Ø SCOTLAND WADDEN SEA RØDSAND FALSTERBO CHR.Ø
Grey sealgeneticdiversity North Sea modern (71) Danishhistoric (54) Baltic modern (142)
Grey seal finds (15000-3000 BP) Sommer and Benecke 2003
Grey seal finds (3000-500 BP) Sommer and Benecke 2003
Grey ? Harbour Ringed Porpoise ?
Future studies • Combined genetic analysis of harbour, grey and ringed seal, and porpoise • Population structure and divergence times • Geological events • Climate events • Environmental factors • Historic abundance and distribution • Existing mtDNA and microsatellite data • Genomic data and ancient DNA