Genetic investigation of maternally directed site fidelity to foraging grounds in South African southern right whales (Eubalaena australis)

This item contains four datasets.Microsatellite_genotypes: Raw microsatellite genotypes.Raw_haplotype_sequences: Aligned mitochondrial DNA control region haplotype sequences generated in this study.Sample_sizes: Sample size of the three markers used, the demographic groups and sex of the whales, and the time period and decades in which the samples were obtained.Research_data_summary: Details of the samples used in this study, including sample code, year of collection, sex, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region haplotype, carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) ratios sampling location. The “St HB to MB” location is between St. Helena Bay and Mossel Bay. An asterisk (*) denotes the samples with a heterozygous base pair.