The breeding biology of lemon sharks at a tropical nursery lagoon

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1501, 2002, Pages 1655-1661

  Feldheim, Kevin A ^a   Gruber, Samuel H ^a   Ashley, Mary V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating system; Microsatellites; Negaprion brevirostris; Nursery grounds; Parentage assignment; Sharks

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

LAGOON; NURSERY GROUND; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHARK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BREEDING; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENOTYPE; LAGOON; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PHILOPATRY; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

BAHAMAS; BIMINI;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BAHAMAS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHARKS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037158462     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2051     Document Type: Article

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