The proposed research project was set up to establish DNA-based molecular DNA assays for the DNA fingerprinting (i.e. profiling) of abalone.  This would provide tools for examining populations differences at a molecular genetic level.

At the start of the project we had already developed, with NRDC funding, the world's best panel of mAbs for the rapid identification of Vibrio pathogens. The hybridomas producing these mAbs were to be maintained frozen in liquid nitrogen throughout the new project and negotiations made with the new...