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DNA barcoding reveals hidden diversity in the Neotropical freshwater fish Piabina argentea (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Upper Paraná Basin of Brazil.
Mitochondrial DNA - 1 Oct 2011
Pereira Luiz H G, Pazian Marlon F, Hanner Robert, Foresti Fausto, Oliveira Claudio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We analyzed a small and wide geographically distributed Neotropical freshwater fish, the Piabina argentea from the Upper Paraná Basin, to check the hypothesis that this species is composed of more than one biological unit, since it has a limited dispersion, through the DNA barcode technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Partial mitochondrial COI and CytB gene sequences were obtained for 58...
Topics
- Animals
- Biodiversity
- Brazil
- Characidae
- Cytochromes b
- DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Fish Proteins
- Fresh Water
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction