Multiple paternity in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 347-351

  Saville, Kenneth J ^a   Lindley, Andrea M ^a   Maries, Eleanora G ^a   Carrier, Jeffrey C ^a   Pratt Jr , Harold L ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Courtship; Florida Keys; Genetic markers; Mating; Nursery grounds; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHARK;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE;

EID: 0036130281     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014369011709     Document Type: Article

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