Table 2 Summary of training data samples for multi-species and species-specific clocks, by tissue type and source.
Common name | Blood samples | Skin samples | Data source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Beluga | 67 | 118 | Robeck et al. (2021b)4 Bors et al. (2021)27 |
Bowhead whale | 0 | 79 | Parsons et al. (2023)8 |
Commerson’s dolphin | 4 | 4 | Robeck et al. (2021b)4 |
Common bottlenose dolphin | 143 | 115 | Robeck et al. (2021a)3 |
Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Robeck et al. (2021b)4 |
Hector’s dolphin | 0 | 52 | Hernandez et al. (2023)28 |
Humpback whale | 0 | 91 | Horvath et al. (2022)6 + 1 skin sample previously unpublished |
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin | 0 | 130 | Peters et al. (2023)7 |
Killer whale | 36 | 183 | Parsons et al. (2023)8 |
Pacific white-sided dolphin | 17 | 17 | Robeck et al. (2021b)4 |
Rough-toothed dolphin | 6 | 6 | Robeck et al. (2021b)4 |
Short-beaked common dolphin | 3 | 3 | Robeck et al. (2021b)4 |
Short-finned pilot whale | 9 | 6 | Robeck et al. (2021b)4 |
Total samples | 286 | 805 | |
Grand total | 1091 |
