Since the first investigation 25 years ago, the application of genetic tools to address
ecological and evolutionary questions in elasmobranch studies has greatly expanded. Major …

The unique environment of the Mediterranean Sea makes fish stock assessment a major
challenge. Stock identification of Mediterranean fisheries has been based mostly from data …

The phylogeography of thornback rays (Raja clavata) was assessed from European waters,
using five nuclear microsatellite loci and mitochondrial cytochome b sequences. Strong …

Many sharks and skates are particularly vulnerable to overfishing because of their large
size, slow growth, late maturity and low fecundity. In Europe dramatic population declines …

Sharks, rays, chimaeras, and relatives (Class Chondrichthyes) comprise an important
component of living vertebrate diversity, with two subclasses, 18 orders,~ 55 families, and …

The genetic structure and population connectivity of the Mediterranean endemic speckled
skate Raja polystigma were investigated in 10 population samples (N= 232) at 7 exon …

Two regions of mtDNA, cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1, were sequenced
in nine species of Bathyraja from the Southern Ocean and New Zealand. Based on …

Snails in the closely related trochid genera Phorcus Risso, 1826 and Osilinus Philippi, 1847
are ecologically important algal grazers in the intertidal zone of the northeastern Atlantic …

Batoid fishes are among the most endangered marine vertebrates, yet conservation efforts
have been confounded by incomplete taxonomy. Evidence suggest that the critically …

Serra‐Pereira, B., Moura, T., Griffiths, AM, Gordo, LS & Figueiredo, I.(2010). Molecular
barcoding of skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the southern Northeast Atlantic …