Evolutionary history and seascape genomics of Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) across environmental gradients in the North Atlantic and adjacent waters
Year: 2022

The Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is a highly mobile cetacean species which primarily occurs in coastal and shelf waters across the Northern hemisphere. It inhabits heterogeneous seascapes that vary broadly in salinity and temperature. Here we produced 74 whole genomes at intermediate coverage to study Harbour porpoise’s evolutionary history and investigate the role of local adaptation in the diversification into subspecies and populations. We identified ~6 million high quality SNPs sampl