Variations of the mitochondrial control region sequence in whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) from the Gulf of California, Mexico

Fisheries Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-95

  Ramírez Macías, Dení ^a,b   Vázquez Juárez, Ricardo ^b   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^a   Munguía Vega, Adrián ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Control region; Genetic structure; Gulf of California; Whale shark

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 33846902836     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.038     Document Type: Article

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