Molecular markers for biodiversity analysis of wildlife animals: a brief review.

IA Arif, HA Khan - Animal biodiversity and conservation, 2009 - raco.cat
Los marcadores moleculares constituyen unas herramientas indispensables para
determinar la variación genética y la biodiversidad con un alto grado de precisión y …

The pen shell, Pinna nobilis: A review of population status and recommended research priorities in the Mediterranean Sea

L Basso, M Vázquez-Luis, JR García-March… - Advances in marine …, 2015 - Elsevier
The pen shell Pinna nobilis (also known as the fan mussel) is an endemic bivalve of the
Mediterranean Sea. Threatened by human activities, it has been listed as an endangered …

[HTML][HTML] DNA marker technology for wildlife conservation

IA Arif, HA Khan, AH Bahkali, AA Al Homaidan… - Saudi journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Use of molecular markers for identification of protected species offers a greater promise in
the field of conservation biology. The information on genetic diversity of wildlife is necessary …

Size-differential feeding in Pinna nobilis L.(Mollusca: Bivalvia): exploitation of detritus, phytoplankton and zooplankton

J Davenport, D Ezgeta-Balić, M Peharda… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The endangered fan shell Pinna nobilis is a large bivalve mollusc (< 120 cm shell length)
endemic to the Mediterranean that lives one-third buried in soft substrata, generally in …

Genetic homogeneity of the critically endangered fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, throughout lagoons of the Gulf of Lion (North-Western Mediterranean Sea)

C Peyran, E Boissin, T Morage, E Nebot-Colomer… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, is a critically endangered
species facing mass mortality events in almost all of its populations, following the …

First molecular phylogeny of the circumtropical bivalve family Pinnidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia): Evidence for high levels of cryptic species diversity

S Lemer, B Buge, A Bemis, G Giribet - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The family Pinnidae Leach, 1819, includes approximately 50 species of large
subtidal and coastal marine bivalves. These commercially important species occur in …

Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Genetic Structuring of Pinna nobilis across the Mediterranean Sea

D Sanna, P Cossu, GL Dedola, F Scarpa, F Maltagliati… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Pinna nobilis is the largest endemic Mediterranean marine bivalve. During past centuries,
various human activities have promoted the regression of its populations. As a consequence …

Genetic and oceanographic tools reveal high population connectivity and diversity in the endangered pen shell Pinna nobilis

M Wesselmann, M González-Wangüemert… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
For marine meta-populations with source-sink dynamics knowledge about genetic
connectivity is important to conserve biodiversity and design marine protected areas (MPAs) …

Status, distribution, and threats of the last surviving fan mussel populations in Greece

O Papadakis, I Mamoutos… - Mediterranean …, 2023 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Since the first confirmed records of mass mortality events (MME) in the Aegean Sea in 2018,
Pinna nobilis populations in Greek seas have been decimated. To bolster recovery efforts …

Development of 26 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the highly endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis and cross-species amplification

C Peyran, S Planes, N Tolou, G Iwankow… - Molecular Biology …, 2020 - Springer
The fan mussel, Pinna nobilis is a highly endangered bivalve species endemic to the
Mediterranean Sea. During the last few decades, populations have been greatly reduced …