Mitochondrial DNA sequence-based phylogenetic relationship among flesh flies of the genus Sarcophaga (Sarcophagidae: Diptera).
The phylogenetic relationships among flesh flies of the family Sarcophagidae has been based mainly on the morphology of male genitalia. However, the male genitalic character-based relationships are far from satisfactory. Therefore, in the present study mitochondrial DNA has been used as marker to unravel genetic relatedness and to construct phylogeny among five sympatric species of the genus Sarcophaga. Two mitochondrial genes viz., cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and NAD dehydrogenase subunit 5 (ND5) were sequenced and genetic distance values were calculated on the basis of sequence differences in both the mitochondrial genes. The data revealed very few genetic difference among the five species for the COI and ND5 gene sequences.
Bajpai
Neelam
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Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211 002, India.
Tewari
Raghav Ram
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D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004175:Diptera / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D042967:Electron Transport Complex I / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D017344:Genes, Insect; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV; D042967:Electron Transport Complex I