Long-term sperm storage in the brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum

M A Bernal; N L Sinai; C Rocha; M R Gaither; F Dunker; L A Rocha

doi:10.1111/jfb.12606

Long-term sperm storage in the brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum

J Fish Biol. 2015 Mar;86(3):1171-6. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12606. Epub 2014 Dec 28.

Authors

M A Bernal¹, 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; California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A.

PMID: 25545440
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12606

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: RAD-Seq; next-generation sequencing; parthenogenesis; shark conservation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alleles
Animals
Female
Heterozygote
Male
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sharks / genetics
Sharks / physiology*
Spermatozoa / physiology*