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Complete mitochondrial genome and assembled DNA barcoding analysis of Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830) and its comparison with other Lutjanus species
- Source :
- Ecology and Evolution, Vol 10, Iss 15, Pp 7971-7980 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830) is a teleost species classified under the family Lutjanidae which is a native of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Though highly commercialized due to its abundance and good taste, the production output has declined in recent years. This is an indication of the need for effective management and conservation measures. However, accurate species identification will ensure strategic management and conservation measure. DNA‐based species identification has proven its reliability in this regard via precise species identification. Several researchers have confirmed the accuracy of DNAbarcode as a species identification tool as well as species phylogeny analysis based on both the complete mitogenome and COI gene. Currently, nine specimens of L. fulgens were sampled from Ghana and subjected to DNA‐based analysis, namely, complete mitochondrial DNAand COI gene (DNA barcoding) analyses. The mitogenomic result revealed that L. fulgens is made up of a 16,500 base pairs (bp) mtDNA which consists of 22 transfer RNAs, 13 protein‐coding genes, and two ribosomal RNAs (GenBank Accession Number: MN398650). Furthermore, a sequence polymorphism analysis of the COIgene (MN986442–MN986450) detected two haplotypes. These haplotypes were both collected from the same fish landing site which suggests a possible cryptic linage diversity in the L. fulgens population at Vodza. According to the phylogeny examination, a close taxonomic relationship exists between L. fulgens and Lutjanus buccanella caused by a recent evolution termed as sympatric speciation. This study serves as a novel study for this species, building the foundation for future molecular‐based study for this species and as a DNA barcode reference data.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Mitochondrial DNA
Population
management and conservation
Biology
phylogeny
Ghana
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
DNA barcoding
03 medical and health sciences
complete mitogenome
Phylogenetics
lcsh:QH540-549.5
DNA barcode
education
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
030304 developmental biology
Nature and Landscape Conservation
0303 health sciences
education.field_of_study
Ecology
Ribosomal RNA
biology.organism_classification
Lutjanus
COI gene
Sympatric speciation
Evolutionary biology
GenBank
lcsh:Ecology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20457758
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ecology and Evolution
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c1a5b81c271cd05008c928e48bebc53b