Detailed project information for Study Plan Number 02050-03

Branch :	Aquatic Ecology Branch
Study Plan Number :	02050-03
Study Title :	Technical assistance in sturgeon population dynamics
Starting Date :	10/01/1994
Completion Date :	09/30/2002
Principal Investigator(s) :	King, Timothy L.
Primary PI :	King, Timothy L.
Telephone Number :	(304) 724-4450
Email Address :	tim_king@usgs.gov
SIS Number :	5002150
Primary Program Element :	Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Second Program Element :	Fish and Aquatic Habitats
Status :	Completed
Abstract :	Molecular genetics has recently achieved an important place in contemporary conservation biology as it has proven to be a robust tool for identifying reproductive isolation among populations, permitting the delineation of management units (MUs) and allowing assessment of conservation priorities from an evolutionary perspective (i.e., evolutionarily significant units, ESUs). Recently, the use of DNA polymorphisms assayed by the polymerase chain reaction has gained wider acceptance and application in defining population structure and to estimate relative contributions of individual stocks to mixed fisheries. Initially, DNA based investigations focused on analysis of mitcohondrial DNA variation because of the rapid rate of evolutionary change compared to coding nuclear DNA.
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