Genetic Characterization based on a rDNA Spacer, ITS2 and mtDNA, mtCOI Gene Sequences of Korean Venus Clam, Ruditapes philippinarum

  • Park, Gab-Man (Department of Parasitology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Ee-Yung (School of Marine Life Science, Kunsan National University) ;
  • Hur, Sung-Bum (Department of Aquaculture, Pukyong National University)
  • Published : 2000.05.01

Abstract

The venus clam, Ruditapes philippinarum, is an aquaculture shellfish mainly distributed in an intertidal zone of East Asia including Korea, China and Japan. The morphological variation of this species is great. In fact, two of the most popular markers used in molecular evolution, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA), have quite different properties, which could translate into different consequences of mutation, drift, migration and selection on patterns of geographical variation and molecular divergence. (omitted)

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