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Shark jaws and teeth: an unexploited resource for population genetic studies
Author(s) -
Ahonen H.,
Stow A. J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01896.x
Subject(s) - biology , biological dispersal , population , resource (disambiguation) , chondrichthyes , ecology , fishery , evolutionary biology , zoology , demography , computer network , sociology , computer science
Declines in shark populations worldwide are of particular concern to fishery managers and conservation biologists. Molecular‐based technologies provide an efficient means to collect basic life‐history information and estimates of dispersal that are critical to management. A novel method for obtaining high quality mtDNA from shark jaws and teeth for shark population genetic studies is described.