Historical demography of the blue shark between the Atlantic and Mediterranean Aline Dominiski de Oliveira, Fernando Fernandes Mendonça, Bruno Lopes da Silva Ferrette

Abstract

 During the last Ice Ages and Interglacial periods, climatic changes and sea-level fluctuations altered the range distributions and isolated populations of several marine organisms. Analyzing the mitochondrial DNA of the blue shark, Prionace glauca, among the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the current study aims to evaluate how these periods influence its historical demography.