Discrimination of the North Atlantic lesser sandeels Ammodytes marinus, A. tobianus, A. dubius and Gymnammodytes semisquamatus by mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment patterns

Fisheries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-65

  Mitchell, A ^a   McCarthy, E ^a   Verspoor, E ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes spp.; Gymnammodytes semisquamatus; Mitochondrial DNA markers; Sandeels

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISCRIMINATION; DNA FRAGMENT; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS;

AMMODYTES DUBIUS; AMMODYTES MARINUS; AMMODYTES TOBIANUS; GYMNAMMODYTES SEMISQUAMATUS;

EID: 0032104371     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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