Food safety and quality are nowadays a major concern. Any case of food alteration,
especially when reported by the media, has a great impact on public opinion. There is an …

More than 230,000 known species representing 31 metazoan phyla populate the world's
oceans. Perhaps another 1,000,000 or more species remain to be discovered. There is …

Species substitution is a form of seafood fraud for the purpose of economic gain. DNA
barcoding utilizes species-specific DNA sequence information for specimen identification …

Taxonomic and distributional information on each fish species found in arctic marine waters
is reviewed, and a list of families and species with commentary on distributional records is …

With more than 15 000 described marine species, fishes are a conspicuous, diverse and
increasingly threatened component of marine life. It is generally accepted that most large …

Background Molluscs are the most diverse marine phylum and this high diversity has
resulted in considerable taxonomic problems. Because the number of species in Canadian …

Background Trade in ornamental fishes represents, by far, the largest route for the
importation of exotic vertebrates. There is growing pressure to regulate this trade with the …

DNA barcoding studies use Kimura's two‐parameter substitution model (K2P) as the de
facto standard for constructing genetic distance matrices. Distances generated under this …

DNA barcoding has greatly accelerated the pace of specimen identification to the species
level, as well as species delineation. Whereas the application of DNA barcoding to the …

Background DNA barcoding is one means of establishing a rapid, accurate, and cost-
effective system for the identification of species. It involves the use of short, standard gene …