Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of eel genome

Eel family is a huge one, in which many kinds of eelsespecially some migratory eels, bear strong resemblance toeach other, and are therefOre difficult to be identified. Inthis study 29 random primers were used to make RAPDana1ysis for Japanese ee1 (Angui11ajaponica). European eel(Anguilla anguilla) and Pike eel (AIllrae1lesox cinereus).And totally 299 fragments were counted. Shared or spe-cific fragments were counted alld ge11etic similarity or ge-netic distance were calculated. The genetic similarity be-tween Japanese eel alld Pike eel is 0.68 and the geneticdistance between them is 0.32; those between Europeaneel and Pike eel are 0.72 and 0.28 respectively, and be-tween Japanese eel and Ellropean eel are 0.74 and 0.25 re-spectively. The method has been shown to be suitable tomolecular identification of eels. It provides an a1ternativeapproach to determine the relatiollship between species.