Shark virgin birth produces multiple, viable offspring

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 374-377

  Feldheim, Kevin A ^a   Chapman, Demian D ^b   Sweet, Doug ^c   Fitzpatrick, Seán ^d   Prodöhl, Paulo A ^d   Shivji, Mahmood S ^e   Snowden, Bob ^f  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Microsatellites; Parthenogenesis; White spotted bamboo shark

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SHARK; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARTHENOGENESIS; SHARKS;

BATOIDEA; CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); HEMISCYLLIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 77951672254     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp129     Document Type: Article

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