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Genetic identification of cryptic juveniles of little skate and winter skate

  • J. R. Alvarado Bremer
  • , M. G. Frisk
  • , T. J. Miller
  • , J. Turner
  • , J. Viñas
  • , K. Kwil
  • Texas A&M University at Galveston
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1177-1182
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Fish Biology
Volume66
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2005

Keywords

  • Amblyraja radiata
  • Forensic identification
  • Genetic differentiation
  • Leucoraja erinacea
  • Leucoraja ocellata
  • Skates

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