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| Melo,Aline Grasielle Costa de; Varela,Eduardo Sousa; Beasley,Colin Robert; Schneider,Horacio; Sampaio,Iracilda; Gaffney,Patrick Michael; Reece,Kimberly S.; Tagliaro,Claudia Helena. |
| Oysters (Ostreidae) manifest a high degree of phenotypic plasticity, whereby morphology is of limited value for species identification and taxonomy. By using molecular data, the aim was to genetically characterize the species of Crassostrea occurring along the Brazilian coast, and phylogenetically relate these to other Crassostrea from different parts of the world. Sequencing of the partial cytochrome oxidase c subunit I gene (COI), revealed a total of three species of Crassostrea at 16 locations along the Brazilian coast. C. gasar was found from Curuçá (Pará state) to Santos (São Paulo state), and C. rhizophorae from Fortim (Ceará state) to Florianópolis (Santa Catarina state), although small individuals of the latter species were also found at Ajuruteua... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Genetic identification; Oysters; Biogeography; COI gene; Ostreidae. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000300030 |
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