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Journal of fish biology
2025
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| author | Gajić, Andrej A de Loose, Emilie Martin, Andrea G Neuman, Elias Karalić, Emina Beširović, Hajrudin Gayford, Joel H |
| author_facet | Gajić, Andrej A de Loose, Emilie Martin, Andrea G Neuman, Elias Karalić, Emina Beširović, Hajrudin Gayford, Joel H Gajić, Andrej A de Loose, Emilie Martin, Andrea G Neuman, Elias Karalić, Emina Beširović, Hajrudin Gayford, Joel H |
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| contents | Two's company: Monozygotic twinning in the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Gajić, Andrej A de Loose, Emilie Martin, Andrea G Neuman, Elias Karalić, Emina Beširović, Hajrudin Gayford, Joel H Developmental abnormalities in elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are rarely documented, with reported cases primarily involving fin or cranial deformities. Monozygotic twinning, the formation of identical twins from a single zygote, is particularly rare in these species and has been observed overwhelmingly in viviparous elasmobranchs. Here, we document a rare case of monozygotic twinning in an oviparous shark, the Small-spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula (Linneaus, 1758). This case was characterized by two embryos connected to a single yolk sac via separate yolk stalks within the egg capsule. The embryos exhibited normal development until mortality at developmental Stage 31 (Ballard et al., 1993) or stage 4 (Musa et al., 2018), likely due to stressors such as oxidative stress and allostatic overload, resulting from shared resources within the capsule. This is the first confirmed instance of mortality in monozygotic elasmobranch twins, highlighting the plausible challenges of polyembryony in oviparous elasmobranchs. These findings underscore the importance of understanding reproductive abnormalities and their implications for fecundity, particularly in light of ongoing anthropogenic pressures that threaten elasmobranch populations globally. |
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| spellingShingle | Two's company: Monozygotic twinning in the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Gajić, Andrej A de Loose, Emilie Martin, Andrea G Neuman, Elias Karalić, Emina Beširović, Hajrudin Gayford, Joel H Two's company: Monozygotic twinning in the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Gajić, Andrej A de Loose, Emilie Martin, Andrea G Neuman, Elias Karalić, Emina Beširović, Hajrudin Gayford, Joel H Developmental abnormalities in elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are rarely documented, with reported cases primarily involving fin or cranial deformities. Monozygotic twinning, the formation of identical twins from a single zygote, is particularly rare in these species and has been observed overwhelmingly in viviparous elasmobranchs. Here, we document a rare case of monozygotic twinning in an oviparous shark, the Small-spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula (Linneaus, 1758). This case was characterized by two embryos connected to a single yolk sac via separate yolk stalks within the egg capsule. The embryos exhibited normal development until mortality at developmental Stage 31 (Ballard et al., 1993) or stage 4 (Musa et al., 2018), likely due to stressors such as oxidative stress and allostatic overload, resulting from shared resources within the capsule. This is the first confirmed instance of mortality in monozygotic elasmobranch twins, highlighting the plausible challenges of polyembryony in oviparous elasmobranchs. These findings underscore the importance of understanding reproductive abnormalities and their implications for fecundity, particularly in light of ongoing anthropogenic pressures that threaten elasmobranch populations globally. |
| title | Two's company: Monozygotic twinning in the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). |
| url | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40195855/ |