Identification of shark and ray fins using DNA barcoding

Fisheries Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 280-288

  Holmes, Bronwyn H ^a   Steinke, Dirk ^b   Ward, Robert D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyan; COI; Cytochrome c oxidase; Dried fins; Elasmobranch; Species identification

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS DUSSUMIERI; CHONDRICHTHYES; CUSPIDATA;

EID: 56949103686     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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