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Long‐term sperm storage in the brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum
Author(s) -
Bernal M. A.,
Sinai N. L.,
Rocha C.,
Gaither M. R.,
Dunker F.,
Rocha L. A.
Publication year - 2015
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/jfb.12606
Subject(s) - biology , bamboo , sperm , zoology , anatomy , ecology , botany
This study investigated the birth of a brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum at the Steinhart Aquarium. Genetic analyses suggest this is the longest documented case of sperm storage for any species of shark (45 months).
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