Phylogenetic analysis of flatfish (Order Pleuronectiformes) based on mitochondrial 16s rDNA sequences

Authors

  • Belén G. Pardo Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Annie Machordom Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
  • Fausto Foresti Departamento de Morfología, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidad Estadual Paulista
  • Fábio Porto-Foresti Departamento de Morfología, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidad Estadual Paulista
  • Marisa F. C. Azevedo Departamento de Morfología, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidad Estadual Paulista
  • Rafael Bañon Unidade Técnica de Pesca de Baixura (UTPB), Dirección Xeral de Recursos Mariños-Consellería de Pesca e Asuntos Maritimos
  • Laura Sánchez Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Paulino Martínez Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69n4531

Keywords:

Pleuronectiformes, 16S mtDNA, phylogenetic analysis

Abstract


The phylogenetic relationships of the order Pleuronectiformes are controversial and at some crucial points remain unresolved. To date most phylogenetic studies on this order have been based on morpho-anatomical criteria, whereas only a few sequence comparisons based studies have been reported. In the present study, the phylogenetic relationships of 30 flatfish species pertaining to seven different families were examined by sequence analysis of the first half of the 16S mitochondrial DNA gene. The results obtained did not support percoids as the sister group of pleuronectiforms. The monophyletic origin of most families analyzed, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae, Achiridae, Pleuronectidae and Bothidae, was strongly supported, except for Paralichthyidae which was clearly subdivided into two groups, one of them associated with high confidence to Pleuronectidae. The analysis of the 16S rRNA gene also suggested the monophyly of Pleuronectiforms as the most probable hypothesis and consistently supported some major interfamily groupings.

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Published

2005-12-30

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Pardo BG, Machordom A, Foresti F, Porto-Foresti F, Azevedo MFC, Bañon R, Sánchez L, Martínez P. Phylogenetic analysis of flatfish (Order Pleuronectiformes) based on mitochondrial 16s rDNA sequences. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2005Dec.30 [cited 2024Mar.29];69(4):531-43. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/282

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