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Klein, J.D. & Maduna, S.N. & Dicken, M.L. & da Silva, C. & Soekoe, M. & McCord, M.E. & Potts, W.M. & Hagen, S.B. & Bester-van der Merwe, A.E. (2023)
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da Silva, C. & Attwood, C.G. & Wintner, S.P. & Wilke, C.G. & Winker, H. & Smale, M.J. & Kerwath, S.E. (2021)
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Application of DNA mini-barcoding reveals illegal trade in endangered shark products in southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(4), 511–520
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Maduna, S.N. & Rossouw, C. & Slabbert, R. & Wintner, S.P. & da Silva, C. & Bester-Van der Merwe, A.E. (2018)
New polymorphic microsatellite loci revealed for the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus through Ion Proton double-digest RAD sequencing. Molecular Biology Reports, 45(1), 2759–2763
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Maduna, S.N. & Rossouw, C. & da Silva, C. & Soekoe, M. & Bester-Van der Merwe, A.E. (2017)
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Mechanisms of endoderm formation in a cartilaginous fish reveal ancestral and homoplastic traits in jawed vertebrates. Biology Open, 3(11), 1098–1107
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First documented southern transatlantic migration of a blue shark Prionace glauca tagged off South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 32(3), 639–642
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South Africa's demersal shark meat harvest. Traffic Bulletin, 21(2), 55–66