
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lavery, S 
T1  - Electrophoretic analysis of Phylogenetic relationships among Australian Carcharhinid Sharks
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1992
VL  - 43
IS  - 1
SP  - 97
EP  - 108
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9920097 
N2  - The phylogenetic relationships of 17 species of carcharhinid sharks and four other  closely related species were examined by allozyme electrophoresis. Genetic data  from 38 loci were used in three different techniques of phylogeny reconstruction (including  both phenetic and cladistic methods). The two most instructive trees were produced by  using maximum parsimony (PAUP) and Distance Wagner procedures. There was evidence  that both the genus Carcharhinus and the family Carcharhinidae may actually comprise  paraphyletic groups. A number of proposed morphological species groups were shown  to also be closely related genetically. These included C. limbatus/C. tilstoni/C. amblyrhynchoides,  C. melanopterus/C. cautus, and C. amblyrhynchos/C. albimarginatus. There appears to be a  distinct lineage within the Carcharhinidae that may be characterized by the absence of the  interdorsal ridge. 
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