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Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene

This study was done to investigate the phylogenetic relationship among three genera of fruit bats, namely Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax. Twenty samples were analysed using 478 base pairs (bp) of partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene. The samples were collected from eight...

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Main Author: Yap Yee, Fang
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009
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QL Zoology
S Agriculture (General)
SB Plant culture
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spelling my.unimas.ir.326652024-03-15T07:31:39Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32665/ Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene Yap Yee, Fang QL Zoology S Agriculture (General) SB Plant culture This study was done to investigate the phylogenetic relationship among three genera of fruit bats, namely Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax. Twenty samples were analysed using 478 base pairs (bp) of partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene. The samples were collected from eight locations in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. The phylogenetic trees constructed by using neighbor joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods produced similar topology. All the trees were successful in separating the fruit bats into two major groups and further divided into five subgroups. Interestingly, high genetic divergences were found in Balionycteris maculata (12.7%) and Chironax melanocephalus (13.6%) from Royal Belum, Perak compared with other populations. The existence of geographical barrier between populations has stopped the gene flow and resulted in allopatric speciation. Another interesting finding of this study is the sharing of two haplotypes by Aethalops aequalis distributed in other areas. One of the haplotype is being shared between A. aequalis from Trus Madi and Mount Kinabalu while another one is being shared between A. aequalis from Trus Madi and Murud. It can be suggested that gene flow had occurred between these populations possibly during the late Pleistocene. Overall, the partial sequence of COI gene was useful for interpreting the interspecific relationship of the fruit bats. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32665/2/Yee%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Yap Yee, Fang (2009) Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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S Agriculture (General)
SB Plant culture
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S Agriculture (General)
SB Plant culture
Yap Yee, Fang
Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene
description This study was done to investigate the phylogenetic relationship among three genera of fruit bats, namely Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax. Twenty samples were analysed using 478 base pairs (bp) of partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene. The samples were collected from eight locations in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. The phylogenetic trees constructed by using neighbor joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods produced similar topology. All the trees were successful in separating the fruit bats into two major groups and further divided into five subgroups. Interestingly, high genetic divergences were found in Balionycteris maculata (12.7%) and Chironax melanocephalus (13.6%) from Royal Belum, Perak compared with other populations. The existence of geographical barrier between populations has stopped the gene flow and resulted in allopatric speciation. Another interesting finding of this study is the sharing of two haplotypes by Aethalops aequalis distributed in other areas. One of the haplotype is being shared between A. aequalis from Trus Madi and Mount Kinabalu while another one is being shared between A. aequalis from Trus Madi and Murud. It can be suggested that gene flow had occurred between these populations possibly during the late Pleistocene. Overall, the partial sequence of COI gene was useful for interpreting the interspecific relationship of the fruit bats.
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author Yap Yee, Fang
author_facet Yap Yee, Fang
author_sort Yap Yee, Fang
title Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene
title_short Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene
title_full Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene
title_fullStr Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene
title_full_unstemmed Phylogenetic Relationship of the Genera Aethalops, Balionycteris and Chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) Gene
title_sort phylogenetic relationship of the genera aethalops, balionycteris and chironax inferred from partial mitochondrial dna cytochrome oxidase i (coi) gene
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32665/2/Yee%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32665/
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