Local environment and population demographics, not genetics, influence bottlenose dolphin 'names'

New research suggests that it is the local ocean environment and population demographics, and not genetics, that best explains the different lengths and pitches of signature whistles—the unique identifying call akin to a name—between common bottlenose dolphin populations in the Mediterranean Sea. The study is published in Scientific Reports.

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Last updated on 27 May 2022

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