Mitochondrial-DNA Variation in Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeons, Scaphirhynchus (Pisces: Acipenseridae)

Authors

Richard Bischof, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Allen L. Szalanski, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Date of this Version

2000

Document Type

Article

Comments

2000. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 26: 19-21. Copyright © 2000 Bischof and Szalanski.

Abstract

Sequencing analysis was used to characterize a mtDNA D-loop amplicon of 838 bp. Four pallid sturgeons, Scaphirhynchus albus, and four shovelnose sturgeons, S. platorynchus, from four states (Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota) were used for this analysis. DNA sequencing of the nine fish revealed eleven polymorphic sites and six distinct haplotypes. No fixed nucleotide substitutions were observed between pallid and shovelnose sturgeons.