Die Anwendung molekulargenetischer Verfahren in der fischereiwissenschaftlichen Forschung - Trennung von Fischpopulationen

• Main Authors: Trautner, Jochen, Schmidt, Cathrin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: German
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Fisheries; Chemistry; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://aquacomm.fcla.edu/3080; http://aquaticcommons.org/3080/; http://aquaticcommons.org/3080/1/04-1_Seite019-022_bf.pdf

The discrimination of stocks and separate reproductive units within fish species to facilitate fisheries management based on biological data has always been a challenge to fisheries biologists. We describe the use of three different molecular genetic techniques to detect genetic differences between stocks and closely related species. Direct sequencing of the mitochondrial ND3 gene describes the relationship between different aquaculture strains and natural populations of rainbow trout and revealed genetic homogeneity within the hatchery strains. Microsatellite analyses were used to explore the differences between redfish species from the genus Sebastes and to verify populations structure within S. mentella and S. marinus. This lead to an un equivocal discrimination of the species and an indication of populations structure within those species in the North Atlantic. The Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisum (AFLP) methodology revealed genetic differences between Baltic and North Sea dap (Limanda limanda)and a possible population structure within the North Sea.