Hybrids between common and Antarctic minke whales are fertile and can back-cross

BMC Genomic Data

Table 3 Genotype compatibility for the suspected hybrid whale and her fetus with the allelic profiles for the four potential minke whale species and sub-species

X = allele present in that species or sub-species genetic baseline sample. Hybrid mother and her fetus’ genotypes presented as microsatellite allele size as calibrated in the NMDR [10]. B.a.a = B.a. acutorostrata, B.a.s = B. a. scammoni, B.a = B. bonaerensis dwarfs = B. a. unnamed sub-species. Note that the dwarfs were only represented by 9 individuals and therefore the absence of a specific allele in this species cannot be automatically be regarded as definitive evidence of this allele not existing for this sub-species.

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