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How great white sharks nourish their embryos to a large size: evidence of lipid histotrophy in lamnoid shark reproduction
The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) exhibits viviparous and oophagous reproduction. A 4950 mm total length (TL) gravid female accidentally caught by fishermen in the Okinawa Prefecture, Southern Japan carried six embryos (543-624 mm TL, three in each uterus). Both uteri contained copious...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Company of Biologists Ltd
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635035 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.017939 |