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Isolation and genetic diversity of endangered grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) populations.
Biology letters - 22 Jun 2006
Stow Adam, Zenger Kyall, Briscoe David, Gillings Michael, Peddemors Victor, Otway Nicholas, Harcourt Robert
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Anthropogenic impacts are believed to be the primary threats to the eastern Australian population of grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus), which is listed as critically endangered, and the most threatened population globally. Analyses of 235 polymorphic amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) loci and 700 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA control region provide the first account of genetic variation and...
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