The Mugil curema species complex (Pisces, Mugilidae): a new karyotype for the Pacific white mullet mitochondrial lineage

dc.contributor.authorNirchio, Mauro
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Claudio [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSiccha-Ramirez, Zoila R. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSene, Viviani F. de [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSola, Luciana
dc.contributor.authorMilana, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorRossi, Anna Rita
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Oriente
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Tecn Machala
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionSapienza Univ Roma
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T17:31:22Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T17:31:22Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-01
dc.description.abstractRecent molecular phylogenetic analyses have shown that the Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 species complex includes M. incilis Hancock, 1830, M. thoburni (Jordan & Starks, 1896) and at least four M. curema mitochondrial lineages, considered as cryptic species. The cytogenetic data on some representatives of the species complex have shown a high cytogenetic diversity. This research reports the results of cytogenetic and molecular analyses of white mullet collected in Ecuador. The analyzed specimens were molecularly assigned to the Mugil sp. O, the putative cryptic species present in the Pacific Ocean and showed a 2n = 46 karyotype, which is composed of 2 metacentric and 44 subtelocentric/acrocentric chromosomes. This karyotype is different from the one described for M. incilis (2n = 48) and from those of the two western Atlantic lineages Mugil curema (2n = 28), and Mugil margaritae (2n = 24). Data suggest the need for a morphological analysis to assign a species name to this Pacific lineage.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Oriente, Escuela Ciencias Aplicadas Mar, Nucleo Nueva Esparta, Apartado 174, Porlamar, Isla De Margari, Venezuela
dc.description.affiliationUniv Tecn Machala, Av Panamer Km 51-2,Via Pasaje, Machala, El Oro, Ecuador
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Dept Morfol, Inst Biociencias, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationSapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Biol & Biotecnol C Darwin, Via Alfonso Borelli 50, I-00161 Rome, Italy
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Dept Morfol, Inst Biociencias, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipCentro de Investigacion, Universidad Tecnica de Machala -UTMACH-, Ecuador
dc.description.sponsorshipSapienza University, Rome, Italy - Progetto di Universita
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.format.extent225-237
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.11579
dc.identifier.citationComparative Cytogenetics. Sofia: Pensoft Publ, v. 11, n. 2, p. 225-237, 2017.
dc.identifier.doi10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.11579
dc.identifier.issn1993-0771
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/162782
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000401068600002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPensoft Publ
dc.relation.ispartofComparative Cytogenetics
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,431
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectFish
dc.subjectMugilidae
dc.subjectcytochrome oxidase subunit I
dc.subjectcytotaxonomy
dc.subjectmolecular systematics
dc.titleThe Mugil curema species complex (Pisces, Mugilidae): a new karyotype for the Pacific white mullet mitochondrial lineageen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderPensoft Publ
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-7171-2433[1]

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