Long-term sperm storage in the brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum.

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M A Bernal, N L Sinai, C Rocha, M R Gaither, F Dunker, L A Rocha

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M A Bernal: University of Texas Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Dr, Port Aransas, TX 78373, U.S.A; California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A.

PMID: 25545440 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12606

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).

RAD-Seq next-generation sequencing parthenogenesis shark conservation

Alleles

Animals

Female

Heterozygote

Male

Sequence Analysis, DNA

Sharks

Spermatozoa

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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