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Long‐term sperm storage in the brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum |
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| Authors: | M. A. Bernal N. L. Sinai C. Rocha M. R. Gaither F. Dunker L. A. Rocha |
| Affiliation: | 1. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Dr, Port Aransas, TX 78373, U.S.A;2. California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A.;3. School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A.;4. School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. |
| Abstract: | 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). |
| Keywords: | next‐generation sequencing parthenogenesis RAD‐Seq shark conservation |