Ancestry testing of "Old Tom," a killer whale central to mutualistic interactions with human whalers

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Ancestry testing of "Old Tom," a killer whale central to mutualistic interactions with human whalers

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Cooperative hunting between humans and killer whales (Orcinus orca) targeting baleen whales was reported in Eden, New South Wales, Australia, for almost a century. By 1928, whaling operations had ceased, and local killer whale sightings became scarce. A killer whale from the group, known as "Old Tom," washed up dead in 1930 and his skeleton was preserved. How these killer whales from Eden relate to other populations globally and whether their genetic descendants persist today remains unknown....

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2023-12

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Reeves IM / Totterdell JA / Betty EL / Donnelly DM / George A / Holmes S / Moller L / Stockin KA / Wellard R / White C / Foote AD

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/70777

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Indigenous knowledge / cetaceans / human-wildlife cooperation / mutualism / phylogenomics / whaling / Animals / Humans / Whale, Killer / Australia / Whales / Base Sequence / New Zealand

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