<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Due to construction of the Iron Gates dams, the Lower Danube has suffered a decrease in sturgeon populations. The dams have decreased sturgeon habitat area, which in turn has caused an overlap of reproduction areas for all sturgeon species. The ease with which sturgeon species can create hybrid offsprings gave rise to an increase in the number of hybrid sturgeon species now found in the Lower Danube area. We propose a set of molecular methods for hybrid species using DNA markers represented by microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA. This identification data and methodology is important for use on sturgeon farms due to the need to correctly identify species of sturgeons. Using the proposed methodologies, it is possible to avoid identification errors that might appear when using only morphological criteria to idenfy sturgeons</p></abstract>

Due to construction of the Iron Gates dams, the Lower Danube has suffered a decrease in sturgeon populations. The dams have decreased sturgeon habitat area, which in turn has caused an overlap of reproduction areas for all sturgeon species. The ease with which sturgeon species can create hybrid offsprings gave rise to an increase in the number of hybrid sturgeon species now found in the Lower Danube area. We propose a set of molecular methods for hybrid species using DNA markers represented by microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA. This identification data and methodology is important for use on sturgeon farms due to the need to correctly identify species of sturgeons. Using the proposed methodologies, it is possible to avoid identification errors that might appear when using only morphological criteria to idenfy sturgeons

Molecular Methods for the Detection of Natural Hybrids in Sturgeon Populations

University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Splaiul Independenţei 91-95, Bucharest, Romania, RO-050095

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Due to construction of the Iron Gates dams, the Lower Danube has suffered a decrease in sturgeon populations. The dams have decreased sturgeon habitat area,...

Molecular Methods for the Detection of Natural Hybrids in Sturgeon Populations

Published Online: Sep 08, 2015

Page range: 65 - 72

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0003

Keywords
Danube, sturgeon populations, natural hybrids, molecular methods

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Molecular Methods for the Detection of Natural Hybrids in Sturgeon Populations

Published Online: Sep 08, 2015

Page range: 65 - 72

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0003

KeywordsDanube, sturgeon populations, natural hybrids, molecular methods

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Danube, sturgeon populations, natural hybrids, molecular methods