Population Differentiation and Hybridisation of Australian Snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and Indo-Pacific Humpback (Sousa chinensis) Dolphins in North-Western Australia

• Alexander M. Brown ,

  * E-mail: alex.brown@murdoch.edu.au

  ¶These authors share co-first authorship.

  Affiliation Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Anna M. Kopps ,

  ¶These authors share co-first authorship.

  Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Marine Evolution and Conservation, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Simon J. Allen,

  Affiliation Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Lars Bejder,

  Affiliation Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun,

  Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Guido J. Parra,

  Affiliations Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, South Australian Research and Development Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Daniele Cagnazzi,

  Affiliation Marine Ecology Research Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

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• Deborah Thiele,

  Affiliation Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Carol Palmer,

  Affiliations Marine Ecosystems, Flora and Fauna Division, Department of Land Resource Management, Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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• Celine H. Frère

  Affiliation GeneCology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia

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