Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses reveal no genetic difference between two pufferfish species torafugu <Emphasis Type="Italic">Takifugu rubripes</Emphasis> and karasu <Emphasis Type="Italic">T. chinensis</Emphasis> |
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| Authors: | Md Shaheed Reza Shigeharu Kinoshita Satoshi Furukawa Toshitaka Mochizuki Shugo Watabe |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan;(2) Kawaku Company Limited, Shimonoseki Yamaguchi, 750-0093, Japan;(3) Present address: Department of Fisheries Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh; |
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| Abstract: | It has been reported that the nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial and nuclear genes of Takifugu pufferfish torafugu T. rubripes and karasu T. chinensis show 99–100% sequence identity, indicating a very close relationship between the two species. To further investigate this
genetic relationship, we compared genetic variation at four microsatellite loci and at the mitochondrial control region (CR)
(561 bp) between groups of T. rubripes caught at two locations TrG, caught in the Genkai Sea off Tsushima Island in 2003 (n = 50); TrS, caught in the Suwo Sea off Kita-Kyushu in 2008 (n = 50)] and T. chinensis caught at one location (TcK, caught off the east coast of Korea in 2004; n = 50). Analyses using microsatellite loci showed that genetic diversity index values of the TrG, TrS and TcK groups were
0.9505, 0.9350 and 0.9335, respectively, while values of genetic distance and genetic differentiation between TrG and TcK
(0.0543 and 0.0189, respectively) were smaller than those between TrG and TrS (0.0857 and 0.0194, respectively). Analyses
using CR for the same specimens showed that genetic distances were consistent with those obtained using microsatellite loci.
These results, together with our previous observations, suggest that T. rubripes and T. chinensis are very closely related and possibly can be regarded as the same species. |
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