Many populations of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are experiencing severe declines
due to the high demand for shark fins in Asia, the activities of unregulated fisheries, and …

Conservation of apex predators is a key challenge both in marine and terrestrial
ecosystems. The white shark is a rare but persistent inhabitant of the Mediterranean Sea …

Conservation genetics is an applied science that utilizes molecular tools to help solve
problems in species conservation and management. It is an interdisciplinary specialty in …

Understanding how mobile, marine predators use three-dimensional space over time is
central to inform management and conservation actions. Combining tracking technologies …

Chondrichthyans have a long evolutionary history, reaching back over 450 million years.
Despite the longevity of the chondrichthyan fossil record, it is remarkably incomplete. This …

Aim Determine the evolutionary origin of the heretofore poorly characterized contemporary
Great White Shark (GWS; Carcharodon carcharias) of the Mediterranean Sea, using …

The knowledge of the population structure of a given species is of great importance for its
conservation and for the management of its fishing exploitation, especially for sharks. The …

Archived specimens are highly valuable sources of DNA for retrospective genetic/genomic
analysis. However, often limited effort has been made to evaluate and optimize extraction …

Recent advances in genome-scale sequencing technology have allowed the development
of high resolution genetic markers for the study of nonmodel taxa. In particular, transcriptome …

The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) is a coastal species distributed in temperate and
sub‐tropical waters, classified as 'Vulnerable'at global level and 'Critically endangered'in …