Paternity analysis in a litter of whale shark embryos

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-124

  Schmidt, Jennifer V ^a,b   Chen, Chien Chi ^c   Sheikh, Saad I ^d,h   Meekan, Mark G ^e   Norman, Bradley M ^f,g   Joung, Shoou Jeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Shark Research Institute   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f ECOCEAN INC   (Australia)

^g MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Genetics; Microsatellite; Mitochondria; Paternity; Rhincodon typus; Whale shark

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MITOCHONDRION; PATERNITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; SHARK; VIVIPARITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 77956396014     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00300     Document Type: Article

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