Collection and biological information of the 21 white sharks (WS) and a single basking shark (BS1) analyzed in this study.

<p>Sex: F- female, M- male, Unk - sex not identified. State: New South Wales (NSW), South Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS). Tissues analyzed include the muscle (M), and muscle sampled from the: vertebrae (Mv), dorsal area (Md), dorsal fin not including skin (Mdf), and dorsal fin including the skin (Mds) and the liver (L).