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Evidence of positive selection associated with placental loss in tiger sharks
BACKGROUND: All vertebrates initially feed their offspring using yolk reserves. In some live-bearing species these yolk reserves may be supplemented with extra nutrition via a placenta. Sharks belonging to the Carcharhinidae family are all live-bearing, and with the exception of the tiger shark (Gal...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906603/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27296413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0696-y |