A study on the genetic diversity of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807; Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Turkey
J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis
; J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis;16(4): 599-606, 2010. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been widely employed in phylogeographic and phylogenetic studies. In the present study, the genetic identification of the scorpion Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) was carried out by using the 16S mitochondrial gene, since this scorpion represents the most important species in Turkey regarding scorpionism and antivenom production. Two genetic groups were found according to the sequence analysis results, while five different loci at the nucleotide level presented genetic variation in the 16S region when compared to a known A. crassicauda sequence data (GenBank, AJ277598). Nucleotide variations found in the current work constitute the first descriptive report for A. crassicauda. Moreover, future studies may enlighten the genetic and venom composition variations for this scorpion species.(AU)
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Base de dados:
LILACS
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VETINDEX
Assunto principal:
Escorpiões
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Variação Genética
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Antivenenos
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Análise de Sequência
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Androctonus
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Picadas de Escorpião
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis
Assunto da revista:
TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia
País de publicação:
Brasil