Mutation load and demographic history in Canadian beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
This project quantified mutation load and inferred demographic history across 20 adult beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)sampled from two populations occupying the Canadian Arctic and subarctic. In addition, we sampled genomes from eight neonate mortalities in the Saint Lawrence Estuary. The associated resequenced whole genomes (n = 28) are typically 20x or greater and were sequenced via Illumina Novaseq 6000.