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Article Dans Une Revue Conservation Genetics Année : 2009

Historical presence of the sturgeon Acipenser sturio in the Rhône basin determined by the analysis of ancient DNA cytochrome b sequences

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Sturgeon disappeared from the Rhône River in the mid 70's without certitude about which species it was and about the existence of a sympatry between European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, and Adriatic sturgeon, A. naccarii, in this watershed. In order to reach a reliable specific determination of this extinct sturgeon population, archaeozoological remains of the Jardin d'Hiver in Arles city, on the Rhône river banks, were genetically analysed, following strict criteria of authentication for the ancient DNA work. The rich collection of Arles sturgeon bone remains stems from human activities between the 6th and the 2nd Century BC. Sequences of 86 bp of the cytochrome b gene were obtained on four bones, from different anatomical parts of the fish and from different archaeological layers. All gave A. sturio diagnostic sequences. This preliminary analysis is an essential first step in the project of sturgeon reintroduction in the Rhône River. Thus, further analyses on a larger sample are necessary to comfort this result and to solve the question of sympatry with A. naccarii.

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halshs-00288975 , version 1 (19-06-2008)

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Marie Pagès, Nathalie Desse-Berset, Christelle Tougard, Laurent Brosse, Catherine Hänni, et al.. Historical presence of the sturgeon Acipenser sturio in the Rhône basin determined by the analysis of ancient DNA cytochrome b sequences. Conservation Genetics, 2009, 10 (1), pp.217-224. ⟨10.1007/s10592-008-9549-6⟩. ⟨halshs-00288975⟩
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