The great white shark, a major apex predator made famous by
the movie “Jaws,” is one of the world’s most iconic species capturing an
extraordinary amount of public fascination. An intriguing question is what
makes a white shark so distinctive? One way to address this is to explore the
genetic makeup of this remarkable animal.
A new study by scientists from Nova Southeastern
University’s (NSU) Save Our Seas Shark Research Centre and Cornell University
published in final form today in the journal BMC Genomics now undertakes the
first large-scale exploration of the great white shark’s genetic repertoire,
and comes up with unexpected findings.