DNA barcoding helps identify endangered species from market specimens of sharks and rays

Mongabay
Sep 6, 2017, 10:53 am120 pts
Markets around the world sell products made from the processed parts of wild animals and plants, which are sometimes illegal and mislabeled. A research team using DNA barcoding technology to identify shark fins and manta gills sold commercially found that a majority of samples they tested, from sellers in…

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