Research Publications: UM-SG-RS-2005-17

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Title:

Gene identification of cryptic juveniles of little skate and winter skate.

Year:

2005

Authors:

Bremer, A; Frisk, MG; Miller, TJ; Turner, JV; Kwil, K

Source:

Journal of Fish Biology
66 ( 4 ) : 1117 - 1182

DOI:

10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00664.x

Abstract:

As the morphological discrimination of winter skate Leucoraja ocellata and little skate Leucoraja erinacea juveniles is unreliable, a genetic assay, based on the restriction digest with Sty I of a segment of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I gene, capable of discriminating the species was developed. The reliable identification of species can be used to improve the accuracy of population assessment models.

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