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Evolutionary ecology of marine mammals Cabrera, Andrea A.
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Evolutionary Ecology of
Marine Mammals
© 2018 by A.A. Cabrera Arreola
The work reported in this thesis was conducted at the Marine Evolution and Conservation group (MARECON), which is part of the Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) of the University of Groningen (RUG, The Netherlands), according to the requirements of the Graduate School of Science (Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen). The University of Groningen supported the printing of this thesis.
This thesis should be cited as:
Cabrera, A.A. (2018) Evolutionary ecology of marine mammals. PhD Thesis, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Layout by: Andrea A. Cabrera Cover design: Andrea A. Cabrera
Photo by Andrea A. Cabrera under NOAA permit 16325, held by the Center for Coastal Studies
Invitation: Humpback whale drawing by Ligia Arreola Printed by: Ridderprint BV, The Netherlands
ISBN: 978-94-034-0549-0
Evolutionary ecology of marine
mammals
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen
on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. E. Sterken
and in accordance with
the decision by the College of Deans. This thesis will be defended in public on
Friday 6 April 2018 at 12.45 hours
by
Andrea Alejandra Cabrera Arreola
born on 17 August 1985 in Guatemala, Guatemala
Supervisor Prof. P.J. Palsbøll Assessment committee Prof. B. Wertheim Prof. E. Lorenzen Prof. S. Jarman
To the memory of Won Jea Yong Kim, who inspired me to do my best and never give up.
Content
CHAPTER 1 General introduction 9
CHAPTER 2 Genetics and genomics in marine mammals 23 CHAPTER 3 Inferring past demographic changes from contemporary genetic
data: a simulation-based evaluation of the ABC methods
implemented in DIYABC 35
CHAPTER 4 The pitfalls of mitogenomic monophyly as the defining criterion for
intraspecific evolutionarily distinct units: a cautionary tale of fin
whale “subspecies” 61
CHAPTER 5 Population structure of North Atlantic and North Pacific sei whales
(Balaenoptera borealis) inferred from mitochondrial control region
DNA sequences and microsatellite genotypes 81
CHAPTER 6 Late Quaternary demographic responses of baleen whales
associated to climate change and prey dynamics 105
CHAPTER 7 Synthesis 133
References 145
Summary, Samenvatting, Resumen 175
Acknowledgements 187
Author affiliations and addresses 190
