Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses of the genetic structure of blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) nurseries in the northwestern Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1911-1923

  Keeney, D B ^a,c   Heupel, M R ^b,d   Hueter, R E ^b   Heist, E J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacktip shark; Carcharhinus limbatus; Control region; Microsatellites; Philopatry; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHARK;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHARKS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 20144363323     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02549.x     Document Type: Article

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