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As snow falls, molecular ecologist Emma Carroll from the University of Auckland looks for a whale to biopsy. Carroll is studying how the whales are related in order to figure out how much the population has grown. By analysing mitochondrial DNA in the samples, she is also able to see how many lines of maternal descent, or haplotypes, are present in the population. From her previous work, she believes all of the tohorā in New Zealand waters are descended from as few as 13 females that survived the carnage of whaling.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 166 November December 2020.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-whales-are-back/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2020.
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As snow falls, molecular ecologist Emma Carroll from the University of Auckland looks for a whale to biopsy. Carroll is studying how the whales are related in order to figure out how much the population has grown. By analysing mitochondrial DNA in the samples, she is also able to see how many lines of maternal descent, or haplotypes, are present in the population. From her previous work, she believes all of the tohorā in New Zealand waters are descended from as few as 13 females that survived the carnage of whaling.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 166 November December 2020.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-whales-are-back/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2020.<br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.