Genetic differentiation between two sympatric morphs of the blind Iran cave barb Iranocypris typhlops |
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| Authors: | I Hashemzadeh Segherloo L Bernatchez K Golzarianpour A Abdoli C R Primmer M Bakhtiary |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, University of Shahre Kord, Shahre Kord 115, Iran;2. Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillion Charles‐Eugene‐Marchant Université Laval, Québec, GIV 046 Canada;3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gonbad‐e Kavous University, Golestan, Iran;4. Department of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, Environmental Science Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C. Velenjak, Tehran, Iran;5. Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku 20014, Finland;6. Department of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj 411, Iran |
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| Abstract: | The phylogenetic relationship between two sympatric morphotypes of the Iran cave barb Iranocypris typhlops, and Garra rufa, was investigated by sequencing the cytochrome c oxidase I (coI) region (788 bp) providing the first molecular evidence of their phylogeny. Consistent with their morphological differences, the mean genetic distance between the two forms of I. typhlops was significantly higher than generally reported for intraspecific divergence in freshwater fishes. They were phylogenetically closer to G. rufa than to any other species. |
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| Keywords: | cytochrome c oxidase Garra rufa morphotypes phylogenetic relationship |
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