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Morphological and Molecular Classification of Genus Anguilla

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Abstract

To establish species-specific systematics to avoid confusing identification of four main commercial species of genus Anguilla in Korea, the relevant species were classified by morphological and molecular methodologies, using body measurement, random amplified polymorphic DNA, and mitochondrial 16S and 12S rDNA determination. Four species of the genus Anguilla from the Far-East (Anguilla japonica), Europe (A. anguilla), America (A. rostrata), and Indonesia (A. bicolor bicolor) were morphologically and genetically distinct from one another.

DOI 10.11648/j.ajls.s.2015030101.12
Published in American Journal of Life Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 1-1, January 2015)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Biology

Page(s) 6-9
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Keywords

Morphology, Systematics, Mtdna, Eel, RAPD, Phylogenetic Tree, 16S and 12S Ribosomal DNA

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  • College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, Chonnam National University, Yosu 550-749, Korea

  • College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, Chonnam National University, Yosu 550-749, Korea

  • College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, Chonnam National University, Yosu 550-749, Korea

  • College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, Chonnam National University, Yosu 550-749, Korea

  • College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, Chonnam National University, Yosu 550-749, Korea

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    Jae-Ho Hwang, Kyeong-Ho Han, Seon-Jae Kim, Sung-Ju Rha, Sung-Hoon Lee. Morphological and Molecular Classification of Genus Anguilla. Am J Life Sci. 2014;3(1-1):6-9. doi: 10.11648/j.ajls.s.2015030101.12

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