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Low genetic differentiation across three major ocean populations of the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus [1]

Whale sharks are a declining species for which little biological data is available. While these animals are protected in many parts of their range, they are fished legally and illegally in some countries. Baseline biological and ecological data are needed to allow the formulation of an effective conservation plan for whale sharks. It is not known, for example, whether the whale shark is represented by a single worldwide panmictic population or by numerous, reproductively isolated populations. Genetic analysis of population structure is one essential component of the baseline data required for whale shark conservation.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
07/04/2009
Jennifer V. Schmidt [3], Claudia L. Schmidt [4], Fusun Ozer & et al [5]
PLoS ONE [6]
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Marine Fisheries [7], Endangered Species [8], Remote Sensing [9], United States Of America (US) [10], Australia [11], Belize [12], India [13], Honduras [14], Ecuador [15], South Africa [16], Seychelles [17], Costa Rica [18], Djibouti [19], Maldives [20]

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