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Antipodean white sharks on a Mediterranean walkabout? Historical dispersal leads to genetic discontinuity and an endangered anomalous population.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jun 2011
Gubili Chrysoula, Bilgin Rasit, Kalkan Evrim, Karhan S Ünsal, Jones Catherine S, Sims David W, Kabasakal Hakan, Martin Andrew P, Noble Leslie R
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The provenance of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Mediterranean is both a conundrum and an important conservation issue. Considering this species's propensity for natal philopatry, any evidence that the Mediterranean stock has little or no contemporary immigration from the Atlantic w...
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