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.