Direct genetic evidence for reproductive philopatry and associated fine-scale migrations in female blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in French Polynesia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-214

  Mourier, Johann ^a   Planes, Serge ^a  

^a Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Carcharhinus melanopterus; inbreeding; migration; nursery grounds; parentage analysis; philopatry

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; INBREEDING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SHARK;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; INBREEDING; ISLANDS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYNESIA; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHARKS;

CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS; CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84872847230     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12103     Document Type: Article

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