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- Title
Molecular characterization and phylogeny of some mazocraeidean monogeneans from carangid fish.
- Authors
Tambireddy, Neeraja; Gayatri, Tripathi; Gireesh-Babu, Pathakota; Pavan-Kumar, Annam
- Abstract
Polyopisthocotylean monogenean parasites of fishes are highly host specific and have been used as an appropriate model to study the host-parasite co-evolution. In the present study, eight monogeneans of the order Mazocraeidea were characterized by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and their phylogenetic relationship with other polyopisthocotylean species was investigated. Neighbour- joining, maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian Inference methods were used for phylogenetic reconstruction. The topology sustained by high bootstrap was: (((Hexabothriidae (Mazocraeidae (Discocotylidae (Diplozoidae (Diclidophoridae (Plectanocotylidae (Heteromicrocotylidae (Microcotylidae (Heteraxinidae), (Thoracocotylidae, Gotocotylidae (Gastrocoylidae (Allodiscocotylidae: Protomicrocotylidae))). In addition, we have also developed DNA barcodes (COI sequences) for six species and the barcodes clearly discriminated all the species. The polytomy within Protomicrocotylidae family is resolved in this study for the first time and it appears that within this family, Bilaterocotyloides species are basal compared to Neomicrocotyle and Lethacotyle species while the latter is the more derived.
- Subjects
PHYLOGENY; MONOGENEA; FISH parasites; RECOMBINANT DNA; BAYESIAN analysis; DNA
- Publication
Acta Parasitologica, 2016, Vol 61, Issue 2, p360
- ISSN
1230-2821
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/ap-2016-0047