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Open AccessImplication of homoplasy in hypervariable region (HVR) of mitochondrial DNA in a population of marbled flounder Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae: consideration for conducting population genetic analyses using the HVR
The hypervariable region (HVR) in the control region of the mitochondrial DNA has frequently been used for population genetics and phylogeographic studies because of its highly variable nature. Although the HV...
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Identification of spawning sites of the tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes in Nanao Bay, Japan, using DNA analysis
There are two possible spawning sites of the tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes near Nanao Bay in the Sea of Japan: one near Hachiro Lagoon, approximately 390 km northeast of Nanao Bay, and another in Wakasa Bay, app...
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Allozyme variation of littleneck clam Ruditapes philippinarum and genetic mixture analysis of foreign clams in Ariake Sea and Shiranui Sea off Kyushu Island, Japan
Allozyme variation of the littleneck clam Ruditapes philippinarum was evaluated in four samples from Nameishi and Matsuo in the Ariake Sea, Ryugatake and Ushibuka in the Shiranui Sea off Kyushu Island, Japan, and...
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Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA variable number of tandem repeats in barfin flounder Verasper moseri and spotted halibut
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Genetic population evaluation of two closely related flatfish species, the rare barfin flounder and spotted halibut, along the Japanese coast
Barfin flounder and spotted halibut have been selected as target species for stock enhancement in Japan. Understanding the genetic condition of the wild stock is a principal requirement in any stock enhancemen...
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Monitoring of the genetic variability of the hatchery and recaptured fish in the stock enhancement program of the rare species barfin flounder Verasper moseri
In relation to the stock enhancement program for barfin flounder, hatchery juveniles produced in 2001 were genotyped using microsatellite DNA markers (msDNA) and then released to natural waters. Subsequently, ...