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Genetic Typing of Corallium rubrum

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Corallium rubrum taxonomy is based on morphologic criteria; little is known about its genome. We set up a rapid, easy method based on amplified fragment length polymorphism to characterize the genetic patterns of C. rubrum in an attempt to understand better the evolutionary relations between species from diverse geographic areas and to help define migration patterns. Applying this procedure to C. rubrum specimens from Spain and Italy, we identified 6 AFLP amplification fragments common to the 4 coral populations studied and 4 fragments that differentiated between these populations. Using this characterization we were able to plot a “genetic identity card” of this commercially harvested species, which is also a marker of pollution.

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This work was supported by grants from CNR (Progetto Finalizzato Biotechologie). We are indebted to Jean Ann Gilder for editing the text.

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  1. Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II di Napoli and CEINGE scarl, via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Napoli, Italy

    D. del Gaudio, G. Fortunato, G. Calcagno, F. Salvatore & L. Sacchetti

  2. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia “Agostino Gemelli,”, Via Pineta Sacchetti, Roma, Italy

    M. Borriello

  3. Department of Marine Biology, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

    J. M. Gili

  4. Facoltà di Scienze Motorie, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Via Acton 38, 80125, Napoli, Italy

    P. Buono

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del Gaudio, D., Fortunato, G., Borriello, M. et al. Genetic Typing of Corallium rubrum . Mar Biotechnol 6, 511–515 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-004-3001-9

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