Rodriguez-Arana Favela, J.P., S., Hernández, R., González-Armas, F., Galván-Magaña, A., Tripp-Valdez, M., Hoyos-Padilla & J.T., Ketchum (2022). A priority nursery area for the conservation of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in Mexico. Journal of Fish Biology. 1(1): 1-5. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15227.
Juan P. Rodriguez-Arana Favela 1, Sebastián Hernández 2, Rogelio González-Armas 1, Felipe Galván-Magaña 1, Arturo Tripp-Valdez 1, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla 3 y James T. Ketchum 3
This study describes the genetic diversity and level of genetic differentiation of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini from eight putative nursery areas in the Mexican Pacific Ocean, using the mtDNA control region. Genetic analyses revealed a particular spatial divergence between La Reforma and all the remaining sites, with five exclusive haplotypes and the highest genetic diversity. This pattern may be interpreted as the signature of regional female philopatry, relatively to a particular female-mediated gene flow for La Reforma, which shows a strong subdivision in the Gulf of California.
Palabras clave: Genetic structure; Haplotypes; philopatry; Variability
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