04 Ara 2024 Çarşamba
Cytochrome b gene based classification of species: Example of Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Rodentia)
Abstract :This
research is based on the analyses of Cytochrome b gene of Apodemus sylvaticus
in Kırıkkale Province between
August 2009 and September 2010. Diagnostic characters of the species were also
recorded. The DNA isolation of tissue sample which was obtained from auricle
was carried out and mitochondrial Cytochrome b gene was amplified via Polymerase Chain Reaction for the first
time in Turkey and 139 and 154 base pair were obtained respectively. Results
were compared with that of Gene Bank and the Cytochrome b gene sequence is 96% identical with
that of Apodemus hermonensis (A. witherbyi). Although the base pair
obtained for comparison is short, it is understood that the Cytochrome b gene can be regarded as a useful tool
for the differentiation of some Apodemus
species
Forest
mouse,Apodemus sylvaticus, Cytochrome b
gene, Turkey