Data from: Sturgeon conservation genomics: SNP discovery and validation using RAD sequencing ...

• Main Authors: Ogden, Rob, Gharbi, Karim, Mugue, Nikolai, Martinsohn, Jann, Senn, Helen, Davey, John, Pourkazemi, Mohammad, McEwing, Ross, Eland, Cathlene, Vidotto, Michele, Sergeev, Alexander, Congiu, Leonardo, Davey, J. W.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2013
• Subjects: Acipenser naccarii; DNA; Acipenser; wildlife forensics; Acipenser gueldenstaedtii; Acipenser baerii; Traceability; Acipenser persicus; caviar
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.39sc7; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.39sc7

Caviar-producing sturgeons belonging to the genus Acipenser are considered to be one of the most endangered species groups in the world. Continued overfishing in spite of increasing legislation, zero catch quotas and extensive aquaculture production have led to the collapse of wild stocks across Europe and Asia. The evolutionary relationships among Adriatic, Russian, Persian and Siberian sturgeons are complex because of past introgression events and remain poorly understood. Conservation management, traceability and enforcement suffer a lack of appropriate DNA markers for the genetic identification of sturgeon at the species, population and individual level. This study employed RAD sequencing to discover and characterize single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) DNA markers for use in sturgeon conservation in these four tetraploid species over three biological levels, using a single sequencing lane. Four population meta-samples and eight individual samples from one family were barcoded separately before ... : mec12-0761_DRYAD entry ...