Microsatellite cross-species amplification and utility in southern African elasmobranchs: A valuable resource for fisheries management and conservation.

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BACKGROUND: Similarly to the rest of the world, southern Africa's diverse chondrichthyan fauna is currently experiencing high fishing pressures from direct and non-direct fisheries to satisfy market demands for shark products such as fins and meat. In this study, the development of microsatellite markers through cross-species amplification of primer sets previously developed for closely related species is...

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• Algorithms
• Conservation of Natural Resources
• Fisheries
• Microsatellite Repeats
• Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction