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The contemporary Pacific gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) gene pool includes ancestry from a potential ghost population: Inferences from population genomics
Abstract. Local extirpations and extreme bottlenecks can deplete genetic variation and obscure population dynamics, especially in highly mobile species. Th