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GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG FOUR MUTELID SPECIES (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDA) IN EGYPT REVEALED BY RAPD-PCR TECHNIQUE

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Animal Cell Biology and Genetics
Fresh Water and Marine Biology

Abstract

Random amplified polymorphic deoxyribonucleic acid-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) is considered as one of the simple and quick methods that are used to resolve the genetic relationship among species of taxa that are difficult to identify on the basis of morphological characters. Bivalves show great morphological variations that couple with relatively few constant characters rendering them a systematically difficult group, and many of them have numerous subspecies and several synonyms. Due to the high degree of morphological variability within Order Unionoida, four species: Mutela dubia, M. rostrata, Chambardia rubens, and C. letourneuxi were collected from Benha region (Qaluobiya Governorate, Egypt) to resolve their degree of genetic similarity depending on RAPD-PCR technique. Out of six primers used, only five primers “UBC476, UBC477, UBC478, UBC483, and UBC486" worked successfully. The study revealed that C. rubens and C. letourneuxi are very closely related species, as they showed closely similar bands on using the primers UBC477, UBC483, and UBC486.

DOI

10.21608/ejz.2020.44427.1041

Keywords

<i>Chambardia letourneuxi</i>, <i>Chambardia rubens</i>, <i>Mutela dubia</i>, <i>Mutela rostrata</i>, RAPD-PCR

Authors

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Fol

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

mona_fol@yahoo.com

City

Giza

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First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

Morad

MiddleName

Y.

Affiliation

Zoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

myame_mostafa@yahoo.com

City

Egypt

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First Name

Irene

Last Name

Gamil

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Zoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

irenebotros@hotmail.com

City

cairo

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First Name

Salwa

Last Name

Sabet

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

salwasabet@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

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First Name

Reda

Last Name

Mansour

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Zoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

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mansour.reda@yahoo.com

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Volume

75

Article Issue

75

Related Issue

25359

Issue Date

2021-06-01

Receive Date

2020-09-28

Publish Date

2021-06-01

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1

Page End

13

Print ISSN

1110-6344

Online ISSN

2682-3160

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/article_126869.html

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Original Research Papers

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684

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Egyptian Journal of Zoology

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023