Worldwide phylogeography of the blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) inferred from mitochondrial DNA reveals isolation of western Atlantic populations coupled with recent Pacific dispersal

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3669-3679

  Keeney, D B ^a,b   Heist, E J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Blacktip shark; Carcharhinus limbatus; Control region; mtDNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHARK;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHARKS;

CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CARCHARHINUS TILSTONI; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 33749851582     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03036.x     Document Type: Article

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