Swimming in the deep end of the gene pool: Global population structure of an oceanic giant

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5111-5113

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENE POOL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARK; SHORT SURVEY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; GENE POOL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHARKS; SWIMMING;

CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CETACEA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 37249091172     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03548.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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