Use of DNA Barcoding to Reveal Species Composition of Convenience Seafood

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-371

  Huxley Jones, Elizabeth ^a   Shaw, Jennifer L A ^a   Fletcher, Carly ^a   Parnell, Juliette ^a   Watts, Phillip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COX1; DNA barcoding; Fisheries management; Gadus morhua; Theragra chalcogramma; Wildlife forensics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HARVESTING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; SEAFOOD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; FISH; GENETICS; SEA FOOD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; FISHES; SEAFOOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GADUS MORHUA; TELEOSTEI; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 84858861978     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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