Mitochondrial DNA diversity and divergence among sharpnose sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, from the Gulf of Mexico and Mid-Atlantic Bight

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 664-668

  Heist, Edward J ^a,b   Musick, John A ^a   Graves, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARPNOSE SHARK; SUBPOPULATIONS;

ATLANTIC, MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0030302850     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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