A sturgeon view on conservation genetics

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-8

  Ludwig, Arne ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forensic genetic; Native specimen; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSERIFORMES; ANIMALIA; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH);

EID: 33644499460     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-005-0006-2     Document Type: Review

References (41)

1. Arefjev VA (1997) Sturgeons hybrids: natural reality and practical prospects. Aquac Mag 7/8:52-58
2. Arlati G, Bronzi P, Colombo L, Giovannini G (1988) Induced breeding of the Italian sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) raised in captivity (in Italian). Riv Ital Acquac 23:94-96
3. Birstein VJ, Doukakis P, Sorkin B, DeSalle R (1998) Population aggregation analysis of three caviar-producing species of sturgeons and implications for the species identification of black caviar. Conserv Biol 12:766-775
4. Birstein VJ, Doukakis P, DeSalle R (2000) Polyphyly of mtDNA lineages in the Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii: forensic and evolutionary implications. Conservation Genetics 1:81-88
5. Birstein VJ, Ruban G, Ludwig A, Doukakis P, DeSalle R (2005) The enigmatic Caspian Sea Russian sturgeon: how many cryptic forms does it contain? Syst Biodivers 3:203-218
6. Boeckmann S, Rebeiz-Nielsen N (2000) Kaviar. Augustus-Verlag, München
7. Born B (1999) Review of the state of world fishery resources: inland fisheries. FAO Fish Circ No 942, FAO, Rome
8. Congiu L, Dupanloup I, Patarnello T et al (2001) Identification of interspecific hybrids by amplified fragment length polymorphism: the case of sturgeon. Mol Ecol 10:2355-2359
9. de la Herran R, Robles F, Martinez-Espin E, Lorente JA, Rejon CR, Garrido-Ramos MA, Rejon MR (2004) Genetic identification of western Mediterranean sturgeons and its implication for conservation. Conservation Genetics 5:545-551
10. DeSalle R, Birstein VJ (1996) PCR identification of black caviar. Nature 381:197-198
11. Dover G (1986) Molecular drive in multigene families: how biological novelties arise, spread and are assimilated. Trends Genet 2:159-165
12. East ML, Hofer H, Cox JH, Wulle U, Wiik H, Pitra C (2001) Regular exposure to rabies virus and lack of symptomatic disease in Serengeti spotted hyenas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:15026-15031
13. Hett AK, Ludwig A (2005) SRY-related (Sox) genes in the genome of European Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). Genome 48:181-186
14. Hett AK, Pitra C, Jenneckens I, Ludwig A (2005) Characterization of the Sox9 gene in European Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). J Heredity 96:150-154
15. Holcik J (1989) The freshwater fishes of Europe, vol 1 (part II): general introduction to fishes, Acipenseriformes. AULA-Verlag, Wiesbaden
16. Hufford KM, Mazer SJ (2003) Plant ecotypes: genetic differentiation in the age of ecological restoration. Trends Ecol Evol 18:147-155
17. Ivanov VP (2000) Biological resources of the Caspian Sea. KaspNIRKH Astrakhan
18. Jenneckens I, Meyer JN, Debus L, Pitra C, Ludwig A (2000) Evidence of mitochondrial DNA clones of Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii, within Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, caught in the River Volga. Ecol Lett 3:503-508
19. Jenneckens I, Meyer JN, Hörstgen-Schwark G, May B, Debus L, Ludwig A (2001) A fixed allele at micro satellite LS-39 is characteristic for the black caviar producer Acipenser stellatus. J Appl Ichthyol 17:39-42
20. Khodorevskaya RP, Dovgopol GF, Zhuravleva OL et al (1997) Present status of commercial stocks of sturgeons in the Caspian Sea basin. Environ Biol Fish 48:209-220
21. Kirschbaum F, Ludwig A, Hensel E et al (2004) Status of the project on restoration of Atlantic sturgeon in Germany: background, current situation, and perspectives. BFN-Skripten 101:36-53
22. Krieger J, Fuerst PA (2002) Evidence for a slowed rate of molecular evolution in the order Acipenseriformes. Mol Biol Evol 19:891-897
23. Ludwig A, Kirschbaum F (1998) Comparison of mitochondrial DNA sequences between the European and the Adriatic sturgeon. J Fish Biol 52:1289-1291
24. Ludwig A, Debus L, Lieckfeldt D, Wirgin I, Benecke N, Jenneckens I, Williot P, Waldman JR, Pitra C (2002a) When the American sea sturgeon swam east. Nature 419:447-448
25. Ludwig A, Debus L, Jenneckens I (2002b) A molecular approach for trading control of black caviar. Int Rev Hydrobiol 87:661-674
26. Ludwig A, Congiu L, Pitra C, Fickel J, Gessner J, Fontana F, Patarnello T, Zane L (2003) Nonconcordant evolutionary history of maternal and paternal lineages in Adriatic sturgeon. Mol Ecol 12:3253-3264
27. Martin C, Alonso JC, Morales MB, Pitra C (2000) An approach to sexing young great bustards Otis tarda using discriminant analysis and molecular techniques. Bird Study 47:147-153
28. Martin CA, Alonso JC, Alonso J, Pitra C, Lieckfeldt D (2002) Great bustard population structure in central Spain: concordant results from genetic analysis and dispersal study. Proc R Soc Lond Biol Sci 269:119-125
29. Pitra C, Kock RA, Hofmann RR, Lieckfeldt D (1998) Molecular phylogeny of the critically endangered Hunter's antelope. J Zoolog Syst Evol Res 36:179-184
30. Pitra C, Lieckfeldt D, Alonso JC (2000) Population subdivision in Europe's great bustard inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence variation. Mol Ecol 9:1165-1170
31. Pitra C, Hansen AJ, Lieckfeldt D, Arctander P (2002) An exceptional case of historical outbreeding in African sable antelope populations. Mol Ecol 11:1197-1208
32. Pitra C, D'Aloia MA, Lieckfeldt D, Combreau O (2004) Genetic variation across the current range of the Asian houbara bustard. Conservation Genetics 5:205-215
33. Raymakers C (2002) International trade in sturgeon and paddlefish species - the effect of CITES listing. Int Rev Hydrobiol 87:525-537
34. Rehbein H (1997) Fischartbestimmung von Caviar durch Protein-und DNA-Analyse. Informationen der Fischwirtschaft 44:27-30
35. Robles F, de la Herran R, Ludwig A, Ruiz-Rejon C, Ruiz-Rejon M, Garrido Ramos M (2004) Evolution of ancient satellite DNAs in sturgeon genomes. Gene 338:133-142
36. Robles F, de la Herran R, Ludwig A, Ruiz-Rejon C, Ruiz-Rejon M, Garrido Ramos M (2005) Genomic organization and evolution of the 5S ribosomal DNA in the ancient fish sturgeon. Genome 48:18-28
37. Schram ST, Lindgren J, Evrard LM (1999) Reintroduction of lake sturgeon in the St. Louis River, western Lake Superior. North Am J Fish Manage 19:815-823
38. Tranah G, Campton DE, May B (2004) Genetic evidence for hybridization of pallid and shovelnose sturgeon. J Heredity 95:474-480
39. Ugarkovic D, Plohl M (2002) Variation in satellite DNA profiles - causes and effects. EMBO J 21:5955-5959
40. Wolf C, Hübner P, Lüthy J (1999) Differentiation of sturgeon species by PCR-RFLP. Food Res Int 32:699-705
41. Zane L, Patarnello T, Ludwig A, Fontana F, Congiu L (2002) Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii). Mol Ecol Notes 2:586-588