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Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) show high capacity for wound healing and recovery following injury

Wound healing is important for sharks from the earliest life stages, for example, as the ‘umbilical scar’ in viviparous species heals, and throughout adulthood, when sharks can incur a range of external injuries from natural and anthropogenic sources. Despite anecdotal accounts of rapid healing in e...

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Autores principales: Chin, Andrew, Mourier, Johann, Rummer, Jodie L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cov062