Phylogenetic association of Schizothorax esocinus with other Schizothoracinae fishes based on protein coding genes

• Published in: Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 352 - 354
• Main Authors: Bibi, Saira, Fiaz khan, Muhammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 02-01-2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Protein-coding genes; Proteins; Schizothorax esocinus; tRNA
• ISSN: 2380-2359; 2380-2359
• DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1536445

Whole mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) for Schizothorax esocinus sequence was found to be 16,591 bp with 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 non-coding region. For estimating phylogenetic association of a species, protein coding genes of mitochondrial DNA are considered to be a great value. In this study, we sequenced protein-coding genes of Schizothorax esocinus, based upon which we compared the 23 Schizothoracinae fishes with S esocinus by phylogenetic association. We analyzed that S. esocinus to be closely associated with Schizothorax labiatus, Schizopyge niger, Schizothorax nepalensis with high-bootstrap values. Such empirical data would be important for understanding the phylogenetic relationship of Schizothorax species.