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MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF AN OPOSSUM DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS (MARSUPIALIA: DIDELPHIDAE) POPULATION IN AN URBAN FRAGMENT OF BRAZILIAN ATLANTIC RAINFOREST AND SUPPORT TO SPECIES BARCODE IDENTIFICATIONMOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF AN OPOSSUM DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS (MARSUPIALIA: DIDELPHIDAE) POPULATION IN AN URBAN FRAGMENT OF BRAZILIAN ATLANTIC RAINFOREST AND SUPPORT TO SPECIES BARCODE IDENTIFICATION
Sousa, Luciene Cássia Correa de et al. | Date Issued: 2012
Author
Sousa, Luciene Cássia Correa de
Gontijo, Celia Maria Ferreira
Lacorte, Gustavo Augusto
Meireles, Sinara Neves
Silva, A.P.
Fonseca, Cleusa Graça da
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Biologia Geral. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Leishmanioses. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Biologia Geral. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Biologia Geral. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Biologia Geral. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Biologia Geral. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Abstract
We made a molecular study of 40 opossums, Didelphis albiventris, from an urban fragment of the Atlantic Rainforest in southeastern Brazil, analyzing a 653-bp sequence of cytochrome c oxidase, subunit I. We found three close connected haplotypes, with low nucleotide diversity and a haplotype diversity of 59.1% and confirmed sympatry between D. albiventris and D. aurita in this region. The clear phylogenetic separation shows the appropriateness of DNA barcode identification methodology for effectively discriminating between these opossum species.
Keywords
Didelphis
Molecular characterization
Sympatry
Barcode
Cytochrome oxidase I
 
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Fundacao de Pesquisas Cientificas de Ribeirao Preto
Citation
SOUSA, Luciene Cássia Correa de et al. Molecular characterization of an opossum Didelphis albiventris (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) population in an urban fragment of Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest and support to species barcode identification. Genetics and Molecular Research, vol.11, n. 3, p. 2487-2496, 2012.
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1676-5680