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Nuclear markers of Danube Sturgeons hybridization.
International journal of molecular sciences - 1 Jan 2011
Dudu Andreea, Suciu Radu, Paraschiv Marian, Georgescu Sergiu Emil, Costache Marieta, Berrebi Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Acipenseriformes are composed of 25 sturgeon species and two paddlefish species distributed exclusively in the northern hemisphere. The Danube River and the Black Sea were originally inhabited by six sturgeon species but two are extinct and only four are still reproducing currently in the Lower Danube: Huso huso, Acipenser stellatus, A. gueldenstaedtii and A. ruthenus. Sturgeon species hybridize more easily than...
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