Case Study: Rapid Species Identification of Pelagic Shark Tissues Using Genetic Approaches

Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 334-338

  Shivji, Mahmood S ^a   Pank, Melissa ^a   Natanson, Lisa J ^b   Kohler, Nancy E ^b   Stanhope, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic identification; PCR primers; Pelagic sharks; Shark DNA; Shark fins; Species identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947776874     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302516.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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