Microsatellite genotyping and mitochondrial control region sequencing of skin samples from common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) during remote biopsy surveys near Mississippi Sound, Mississippi from 2018-09-19 to 2018-10-31 and health assessments near Dauphin Island, Alabama from 2018-09-20 to 2018-09-28

Wildlife biologists collected skin and blubber samples from common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near Dauphin Island, Alabama during capture/release health assessments and near Mississippi Sound, Mississippi using remote biopsies. We performed DNA sequencing on these samples, targeting a portion of the mitochondrial DNA control region and determined their haplotype for this region. We also genotyped 43 nuclear microsatellite loci. The actual mitochondrial DNA sequence data can be found by searching for the accession numbers provided at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/.