The use of species-specific TaqMan probes for identifying early stage gadoid eggs following formaldehyde fixation

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1573-1577

  Goodsir, Freya ^a   Armstrong, Michael J ^a   Witthames, Peter R ^a   Maxwell, David L ^a   Fox, Clive J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorogenic 5 nuclease assay; Gadoid; Multiplex; Real time PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

DNA; EGG; FISHING; FORMALDEHYDE; GADOID; HATCHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 57349185919     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn180     Document Type: Article

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