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Patterns of Dorsal Fin Shape Variation in Commerson's Dolphins Across Isolated Subantarctic Populations.

Franco Cruz-Jofré, María José Pérez-Álvarez, Analía San Martín, Frederick Toro, Juan Capella, Jorge Gibbons, Carlos Olavarría, Jorge Acevedo, Elie Poulin, Laura M Pérez and 3 more

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Franco Cruz-JofréFacultad de Recursos Naturales y Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Santo Tomás, Viña del Mar 2561780, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-3860-1023
María José Pérez-ÁlvarezMillenium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Santiago 7800003, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-1440-8966
Analía San MartínMuseo Acatushún de Aves y Mamíferos Marinos (AMMA), Proyecto IMMA, Ushuaia 9410, Argentina.
Frederick ToroFacultad de Recursos Naturales y Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Santo Tomás, Viña del Mar 2561780, Chile.
Juan CapellaFundación Whalesound, Punta Arenas 6200000, Chile.ORCID 0009-0004-1327-5828
Jorge GibbonsInstituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile.ORCID 0009-0008-0122-7561
Carlos OlavarríaCentro de Investigación Eutropia, Santiago 8320000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-3165-7748
Jorge AcevedoCentro de Estudios del Cuaternario Fuego-Patagonia y Antártica (Fundación CEQUA), Punta Arenas 6200000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-6106-0838
Elie PoulinMillenium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Santiago 7800003, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-7736-0969
Laura M PérezDepartamento de Ingeniería Industrial y de Sistemas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-2915-309X
Manuel J SuazoVicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena 1700000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-0123-8312
Alexis MatheuCentro de Investigación Institucional, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago 8370993, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-7859-9039
Hugo A BenítezMillenium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Santiago 7800003, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-7553-9893

Funding

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo FB210018Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo ICN2021_002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding morphological variation across geographic space is central to evolutionary and functional studies of marine vertebrates. Here, we examine variation in dorsal fin shape in the Commerson's dolphin (

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cetaceansdorsal fin morphologygeometric morphometricsphenotypic variationpopulation differentiation

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PMID42651914
PMCPMC13508969

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