Discrimination of Shark species by simple PCR of 5S rDNA repeats

Discrimination of Shark species by simple PCR of 5S rDNA repeats

Sharks are suffering from intensive exploitation by worldwide fisheries leading to a severe decline in several populations in the last decades. The lack of biological data on a species-specific basis, associated with a k-strategist life history make it difficult to correctly manage and conserve thes...

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Main Authors: Danillo Pinhal, Otto BF Gadig, Adriane P Wasko, Claudio Oliveira, Ernesto Ron, Fausto Foresti, Cesar Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2008-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
Chondrichthyes
PCR
species identification
5S rDNA
sharks
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000200033

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