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Genetic Stock Characterization of Fish Using Molecular Markers

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Title Genetic Stock Characterization of Fish Using Molecular Markers
 
Creator Gopalakrishnan, A
 
Subject Fish Genetics
 
Description Accurate Identification of genetic resources is necessary for detecting new species and
varieties for products of commercial value. Fish, as a group, apart from their economic value
from a biodiversity viewpoint, have the highest species diversity among all vertebrate taxa.
They exhibit enormous diversity in size, shape, biology and in the habitats they occupy. In
terms of habitat diversity, fishes live in almost all conceivable aquatic habitats, ranging from
Antarctic waters to desert springs. Of the 62,305 species of vertebrates recognized world
over, 34,090 (nearly 52%) are valid fish species; a great majority of them (97%) are bony
fishes and the remaining (3%) are cartilaginous (sharks and rays) and jawless fishes (lampreys
and hagfishes). Further, on an average, 300 new fish species are described each year, and
global surveys indicate that there could well be at least 5,000 species more to be discovered.
 
Date 2017
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12778/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Structure%20and%20Functions%20of%20Ecosystem_38.pdf
Gopalakrishnan, A (2017) Genetic Stock Characterization of Fish Using Molecular Markers. In: Winter School on Structure and Function of the Marine Ecosystem : Fisheries, 1-21 December 2017, Kochi.