Genetic evidence of illegal trade in protected whales links Japan with the US and South Korea

We report on genetic identification of ‘whale meat’ purchased in sushi restaurants in Los Angeles, CA (USA) in October 2009 and in Seoul, South Korea in June and September 2009. Phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome b sequences confirmed that the products included three species of whale currentl...

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Autores principales: Baker, C. Scott, Steel, Debbie, Choi, Yeyong, Lee, Hang, Kim, Kyung Seok, Choi, Sung Kyoung, Ma, Yong-Un, Hambleton, Charles, Psihoyos, Louie, Brownell, R. L., Funahashi, Naoko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2010
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Conservation Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20392716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0239

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20392716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0239

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