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Molecular Phylogeny of the Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium spp.)
Joint Authors
Nor, Shukor Md
Masstor, Noor Haslina
Md-Zain, Badrul Munir
Samat, Abdullah
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chiloscyllium, commonly called bamboo shark, can be found inhabiting the waters of the Indo-West Pacific around East Asian countries such as Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has categorized them as nearly threatened sharks out of their declining population status due to overexploitation.
A molecular study was carried out to portray the systematic relationships within Chiloscyllium species using 12S rRNA and cytochrome b gene sequences.
Maximum parsimony and Bayesian were used to reconstruct their phylogeny trees.
A total of 381 bp sequences’ lengths were successfully aligned in the 12S rRNA region, with 41 bp sites being parsimony-informative.
In the cytochrome b region, a total of 1120 bp sites were aligned, with 352 parsimony-informative characters.
All analyses yield phylogeny trees on which C.
indicum has close relationships with C.
plagiosum.
C.
punctatum is sister taxon to both C.
indicum and C.
plagiosum while C.
griseum and C.
hasseltii formed their own clade as sister taxa.
These Chiloscyllium classifications can be supported by some morphological characters (lateral dermal ridges on the body, coloring patterns, and appearance of hypobranchials and basibranchial plate) that can clearly be used to differentiate each species.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Masstor, Noor Haslina& Samat, Abdullah& Nor, Shukor Md& Md-Zain, Badrul Munir. 2014. Molecular Phylogeny of the Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium spp.). BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455057
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Masstor, Noor Haslina…[et al.]. Molecular Phylogeny of the Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium spp.). BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455057
American Medical Association (AMA)
Masstor, Noor Haslina& Samat, Abdullah& Nor, Shukor Md& Md-Zain, Badrul Munir. Molecular Phylogeny of the Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium spp.). BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455057
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-455057