Phylogeography and conservation of the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) inferred from mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 371-382

  Karl, S A ^a   Castro, A L F ^b,c   Lopez, J A ^d   Charvet, P ^e   Burgess, G H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^e SENAI/PR   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellite; mtDNA control region; Philopatry; Population structure

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MATURATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST);

CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 79952660495     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0145-1     Document Type: Article

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