Species identification using genetic tools: the value of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences in whale conservation

• Published in: Journal of Heredity
• Main Authors: Palumbi, AR, Cipriano, F
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1998
• Subjects: Articles; Thumb; baleen whale; baleen whales; minke whale; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/89/5/459; https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/89.5.459

DNA sequence analysis is a powerful tool for identifying the source of samples thought to be derived from threatened or endangered species. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from retail whale meat markets has shown consistently that the expected baleen whale in these markets, the minke whale, ma...