Commercial sharks under scrutiny: Baseline genetic distinctiveness supports structured populations of small-spotted catsharks in the Mediterranean Sea

The present study, based on microsatellite markers, describes a population genetic analysis of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758), representing one of the most abundant and commonly caught cartilaginous fishes in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent areas. The analyses w...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Riccardo Melis, Laura Vacca, Alessia Cariani, Laura Carugati, Alessandro Cau, Charis Charilaou, Simone Di Crescenzo, Alice Ferrari, Maria Cristina Follesa, Farid Hemida, Sarah Helyar, Sabrina Lo Brutto, Letizia Sion, Fausto Tinti, Rita Cannas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Subjects:	genetic assessment reference baseline elasmobranchs microsatellites Mediterranean Sea population structure
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1050055/full