Hybridization in bottlenose dolphins—A case study of Tursiops aduncus × T. truncatus hybrids and successful backcross hybridization events

• T. Gridley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tessgridley@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, C/o Sea Search Research and Conservation NPC, Muizenberg Cape Town, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0925-5782

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• S. H. Elwen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, C/o Sea Search Research and Conservation NPC, Muizenberg Cape Town, South Africa

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• G. Harris,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The South African Association for Marine Biological Research, uShaka Sea World, Point, Durban, South Africa

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• D. M. Moore,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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• A. R. Hoelzel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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• F. Lampen

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The South African Association for Marine Biological Research, uShaka Sea World, Point, Durban, South Africa

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