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Molecular Phylogeny of Grey Mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae) in Greece: Evidence from Sequence Analysis of mtDNA Segments

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Mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis has been used to explore genetic differentiation and phylogenetic relationships among five species of the Mugilidae family, Mugil cephalus, Chelon labrosus, Liza aurata, Liza ramada, and Liza saliens. DNA was isolated from samples originating from the Messolongi Lagoon in Greece. Three mtDNA segments (12s rRNA, 16s rRNA, and CO I) were PCR amplified and sequenced. Sequencing analysis revealed that the greatest genetic differentiation was observed between M. cephalus and all the other species studied, while C. labrosus and L. aurata were the closest taxa. Dendrograms obtained by the neighbor-joining method and Bayesian inference analysis exhibited the same topology. According to this topology, M. cephalus is the most distinct species and the remaining taxa are clustered together, with C. labrosus and L. aurata forming a single group. The latter result brings into question the monophyletic origin of the genus Liza.

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We are grateful to Dr. P. Kaspiris for helping us in the classification of the specimens, Dr. S. Sfenthourakis for providing the PAUP software, and Dr. A. Parmakelis for his help on the data analysis.

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    Vasilis Papasotiropoulos, Stamatis N. Alahiotis & George Kilias

  2. Department of Biology, Division of Animal Zoology, University of Patras, Patras, 26500, Greece

    Elena Klossa-Kilia

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Papasotiropoulos, V., Klossa-Kilia, E., Alahiotis, S.N. et al. Molecular Phylogeny of Grey Mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae) in Greece: Evidence from Sequence Analysis of mtDNA Segments. Biochem Genet 45, 623–636 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-007-9101-2

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