Isolation and genetic diversity of endangered grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) populations

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-311

  Stow, Adam ^a   Zenger, Kyall ^b   Briscoe, David ^a   Gillings, Michael ^a   Peddemors, Victor ^c   Otway, Nicholas ^d   Harcourt, Robert ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcharias taurus; Low genetic variation; Migration

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH CULTURE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMORPHISM;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE;

EID: 33745293436     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0441     Document Type: Article

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