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- Title
Molecular Classification of Pakistani Wild Rose-Ringed Parakeet through Novel Cytochrome B Gene Polymorphism.
- Authors
Awan, Ali Raza; Firyal, Sehrish; Tayyab, Muhammad; Rukh, Lala; Zia ul Haq, M.; Saeed, Shagufta; Wasim, Muhammad
- Abstract
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) is sub-divided in 4 sub-species (P. krameri krameri, P. krameri parvirostris, P. krameri manillensis and P. krameri borealis). Identification of the sub-species is an intricate chore. This study aimed to genetically identify and classify the indigenous wild Rose-ringed Parakeet of Pakistan using Cytochrome b (Cytb) gene polymorphism. Mitochondrial DNA of 24 unrelated Pakistani wild Ring-rose Parakeets was isolated and utilized for amplification and DNA sequencing of Cytb gene. The Phylogenetic analysis of the Cytb gene indicated that the Pakistani wild Rose ringed Parakeet was mono-phyletically claded with P. k. manillensis with a sequence similarity of 99.37%. Comparative analysis indicated 4 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNPs) sites in the Pakistani wild Rose-ringed parakeet's Cytb gene which tags the peculiarity to the Pakistani wild Rose-ringed parakeet. This is the first report that lays bare the molecular classification of Pakistani wild Roseringed Parakeet at sub-specie level using novel Cytb gene polymorphism.
- Subjects
PSITTACULA krameri; BUDGERIGAR; PARROTS; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME b; GENETIC polymorphisms
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2017, Vol 49, Issue 1, p267
- ISSN
0030-9923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.1.267.271