Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA reveals isolation of imperilled grey nurse shark populations (Carcharias taurus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4409-4421

  Ahonen, H ^a   Harcourt, R G ^a   Stow, A J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; DNA; Evolutionary significant unit; International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Population differentiation; Shark

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SHARK;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHARKS;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE; ODONTASPIDIDAE; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 70350047052     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04377.x     Document Type: Article

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