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Global phylogeography with mixed-marker analysis reveals male-mediated dispersal in the endangered scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Daly-Engel Toby S, Seraphin Kanesa D, Holland Kim N, Coffey John P, Nance Holly A, Toonen Robert J, Bowen Brian W
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BACKGROUND: The scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, is a large endangered predator with a circumglobal distribution, observed in the open ocean but linked ontogenetically to coastal embayments for parturition and juvenile development. A previous survey of maternal (mtDNA) markers demonstrated strong genetic partitioning overall (global Φ(ST) = 0.749) and significant population separations across oceans...
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