With the advent of DNA forensics, research on seafood fraud has increased drastically. The
documentation of mislabeling has raised concern over the identity, value, and safety of …

Despite growing concerns about overexploitation of sharks, lack of accurate, species‐
specific harvest data often hampers quantitative stock assessment. In such cases, trade …

Wildlife and fisheries markets are end‐points in the supply chain of both legitimate and
illegitimate or unregulated trade in species and natural products. Molecular ecology …

Illegal harvesting is a serious threat to the persistence of many plant and animal taxa. The
combination of highly polymorphic DNA markers and new statistical methods called …

The future status of sharks is an issue of widespread conservation concern due to declines
in many species in the face of high levels of exploitation to satisfy market demands for …

The great white shark, Carcharodoncarcharias, is the most widely protectedelasmobranch in
the world, and is classified asVulnerable by the IUCN and listed on AppendixIII of CITES …

Meat species specification is important for consumer protection and increases concern in
food labelling regulations enforcement. Although regulations exist for processed meat …

DNA sequences from orthologous loci can provide universal characters for taxonomic
identification. Molecular taxonomy is of particular value for groups in which distinctive …

Multiple data sets are now available for examining the phylogenetic relationships of certain
well-studied taxa. Integrating this information into unified statements of evolutionary history …

This is the first guide yet produced to the amphibians and reptiles of New York State, a large
and heavily populated state that hosts a surprisingly diverse and interesting community of …