Mitochondrial DNA sequence from an extinct population of European vendace, Coregonus albula L.
Nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial DNA control region was determined for the formalin-preserved specimen of the individual European vendace, Coregonus albula, belonging to an extinct population. The specimen has been preserved and stored in formalin for 39 years. A comparison with two previously determined sequences obtained for specimens from other populations of vendace revealed both nucleotide substitutions and site heteroplasmy. The ability to sequence DNA from formalin-preserved museum specimens of rare or extinct taxa provides another sampling strategy for phylogenetic studies on fish.
Brzuzan
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Department of Evolution Ecology, WM University, Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-718 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland. brzuzan@moskit.art.olsztyn.pl
Ciesielski
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D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017354:Point Mutation; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial