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Restriction fragment variation of the mitochondrial gene of cytochrome b in some taxa of the Eelpout Family (Pisces, Perciformes, Zoarcidae) from the northern Sea of Okhotsk

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The first analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the mitochondrial gene of cytochrome b of fish from the Eelpout Family (Zoarcidae) from the northern Sea of Okhotsk has been performed. The mean genetic distances between the subfamilies Zoarcinae and Lycodinae, subfamilies Lycodinae and Gymnelinae, and subfamilies Zoarcinae and Gymnelinae are 11.14, 13.87, and 14.00%, respectively. Species of the genus Lycodes (Lycodinae) are characterized by a mtDNA small divergence (on average, 2.04%) and are divided into two groups on the basis of lateral line morphology. Magadania skopetsi, an endemic of Tauiskaya Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, is genetically close to Hadropareia middendorffii from the same subfamily (Gymnelinae). The mtDNA sequences of species from the genus Lycogrammoides (Lycodinae) differ by 3.83%. The genetic differences between the eelpout Zoarces elongatus Zoarces sp. (d = 4.54%) suggest that the latter is a separate species.

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    O. A. Radchenko, I. A. Chereshnev, A. V. Petrovskaya & E. A. Chegodaeva

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Original Russian Text © O.A. Radchenko, I.A. Chereshnev, M.V. Nazarkin, A.V. Petrovskaya, E.A. Chegodaeva, 2008, published in Genetika, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 112–119.

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Radchenko, O.A., Chereshnev, I.A., Nazarkin, M.V. et al. Restriction fragment variation of the mitochondrial gene of cytochrome b in some taxa of the Eelpout Family (Pisces, Perciformes, Zoarcidae) from the northern Sea of Okhotsk. Russ J Genet 44, 94–100 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795408010122

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