DNA Barcoding of Freshwater Fishes of Indo-Myanmar Biodiversity Hotspot.

ABSTRACT: To develop an effective conservation and management strategy, it is required to assess the biodiversity status of an ecosystem, especially when we deal with Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot. Importance of this reaches to an entirely different level as the hotspot represents the area of high endemism which is under continuous threat. Therefore, the need of the present study was conceptualized, dealing with molecular assessment of the fish fauna of Indo-Myanmar region, which covers the Indian states namely, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland. A total of 363 specimens, representing 109 species were collected and barcoded from the different rivers and their tributaries of the region. The analyses performed in the present study, i.e. Kimura 2-Parameter genetic divergence, Neighbor-Joini

SUBMITTER: Barman AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988717 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature