Scientists Can Track Origin of Shark Fins Using DNA Zip-Coding
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
An international team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, has used DNA to determine that groups of dusky sharks (Carcharhinus obscurus) and copper sharks (Carcharhinus brachyurus) living in different coastal regions across the globe are separate populations of each species.