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The behavioural and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, an intrauterine cannibal

Demian D. Chapman, Sabine P. Wintner, Debra L. Abercrombie, Jimiane Ashe, Andrea M. Bernard, Mahmood S. Shivji, Kevin A. Feldheim
Published 1 May 2013.DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0003
Demian D. Chapman
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Institute for Ocean Conservation Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Sabine P. Wintner
Kwa-Zulu Natal Sharks Board and Biomedical Resource Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4056, South Africa
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Debra L. Abercrombie
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Institute for Ocean Conservation Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Jimiane Ashe
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Institute for Ocean Conservation Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Andrea M. Bernard
Guy Harvey Research Institute, Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL 33004, USA
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Mahmood S. Shivji
Guy Harvey Research Institute, Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL 33004, USA
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Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
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23 June 2013
Volume 9, issue 3
Biology Letters: 9 (3)
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polyandry
monogamy
adelphophagy
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The behavioural and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, an intrauterine cannibal
Demian D. Chapman, Sabine P. Wintner, Debra L. Abercrombie, Jimiane Ashe, Andrea M. Bernard, Mahmood S. Shivji, Kevin A. Feldheim
Biol. Lett. 2013 9 20130003; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0003. Published 1 May 2013
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The behavioural and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, an intrauterine cannibal

Demian D. Chapman, Sabine P. Wintner, Debra L. Abercrombie, Jimiane Ashe, Andrea M. Bernard, Mahmood S. Shivji, Kevin A. Feldheim
Biol. Lett. 2013 9 20130003; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0003. Published 1 May 2013

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