| a mitochondrial species identification assay for australian blacktip sharks (carcharhinus tilstoni, c. limbatus and c. amblyrhynchoides) using real-time pcr and high-resolution melt analysis. | tropical australian shark fisheries target two morphologically indistinguishable blacktip sharks, the australian blacktip (carcharhinus tilstoni) and the common blacktip (c. limbatus). their relative contributions to northern and eastern australian coastal fisheries are unclear because of species identification difficulties. the two species differ in their number of precaudal vertebrae, which is difficult and time consuming to obtain in the field. but, the two species can be distinguished geneti ... | 2011 | 21565127 |