Molecular analysis in the conservation of sturgeons and paddlefish

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 385-398

  Wirgin, Isaac I ^a,b   Stabile, Joseph E ^a   Waldman, John R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hudson River Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser; hybridization; mitochondrial DNA; nuclear DNA; Polyodon; Scaphirhynchus; stock identification

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; ANIMALIA; PISCES; POLYODON; POLYODON SPATHULA; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS;

EID: 0030985702     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007306911163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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