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Science 27 November 1998: Vol. 282. no. 5394, pp. 1708 - 1711 DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5394.1708
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Cultural Selection and Genetic Diversity in Matrilineal Whales
Hal Whitehead
Low diversities of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have recently been
found in four species of matrilineal whale. No satisfactory explanation
for this apparent anomaly has been previously suggested. Culture seems
to be an important part of the lives of matrilineal whales. The
selection of matrilineally transmitted cultural traits, upon which
neutral mtDNA alleles "hitchhike," has the potential to strongly
reduce genetic variation. Thus, in contrast to other nonhuman mammals,
culture may be an important evolutionary force for the matrilineal
whales.
Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1. E-mail: hwhitehe{at}is.dal.ca
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