title: Long-term sperm storage in the brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum.
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).
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bernal
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Sinai
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gaither
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dunker
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006579:Heterozygote; D008297:Male; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012754:Sharks / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: RAD-Seq; next-generation sequencing; parthenogenesis; shark conservation