Genetic divergence in lobsters crustacean palinuridae and scyllaridae from the indian eez

Abstract

The management of exploited species requires the identification of demographically isolated populations that can be considered as independent management units failuring in which can lead to over fishing and depletion of less productive stocks By characterizing the distribution of genetic newlinevariation population sub structuring can be detected and the degree of newlineconnectivity among populations can be estimated The genetic variation can be newlineobserved using identified molecular markers of both nuclear and mitochondrial newlineorigin Hence, the present work was undertaken to study the genetic diversity newlineand population stock structure in P homarus homarus and T unimaculatus newlinefrom different landing centres along the Indian coast using nuclear RAPD and newlinemitochondrial DNA marker tools which will help towards developing newlinemanagement strategies for management and conservation of these declining newlineresources newline