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Cultural life of whales may cut diversity

Behaviors learned in the family group may be a powerful force in whale evolution.

References:

Whitehead, H. 1998. Cultural selection and genetic diversity in matrilineal whales. Science 282(Nov. 27):1708.

Sources:

Hal Whitehead
Dalhousie University
Department of Biology
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1
Canada

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 22, November 28, 1998, p. 342. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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