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Genetic Diversity of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Northwest Atlantic and Southern Africa.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
O'Leary Shannon J, Feldheim Kevin A, Fields Andrew T, Natanson Lisa J, Wintner Sabine, Hussey Nigel, Shivji Mahmood S, Chapman Demian D
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The white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is both one of the largest apex predators in the world and among the most heavily protected marine fish. Population genetic diversity is in part shaped by recent demographic history and can thus provide information complementary to more traditional population assessments, which are difficult to obtain for white sharks and have at times been controversial. Here, we use the...
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