@article{Turan_2006, title={Phylogenetic relationships of Mediterranean Mullidae species (Perciformes) inferred from genetic and morphologic data}, volume={70}, url={https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/158}, DOI={10.3989/scimar.2006.70n2311}, abstractNote={<p align=justify>Genetic and morphological divergence and phylogenetic relationships of four species <em>Mullus barbatus, Mullus surmuletus, Upeneus moluccensis, Upeneus pori</em> and one subspecies <em>M.b. ponticus</em> of <em>Mullus</em> were investigated using 12 enzymatic systems, corresponding to 17 putative loci. Eight loci (AAT-1*, AAT-2*, ADH*, GAPDH*, G6PDH*, IDHP*, PGI-2*, SOD*) were found to be polymorphic in at least one species, while the remaining nine (mAAT*, CK-1*, CK-2*, G3PDH*, MDH*, ME-1*, ME-2*, PGI-1*, PGM*) were monomorphic in all species. Several loci showed different electrophoretic patterns among species and thus can be used in species taxonomy as diagnostic markers. The PGM* and SOD* loci proved to be especially species-specific. Fisher’s exact test revealed overall highly significant allele frequency differences between <em>M. barbatus</em> and <em>M. b. ponticus</em> (P<0.001). Pairwise comparisons of genetic distance were found to be 0.034 between <em>M. barbatus </em>and <em>M. b. ponticus</em>, and 0.341 between <em>M. barbatus</em> and <em>M. surmuletus</em> within the genus <em>Mullus</em>. Relatively higher genetic differentiation (D=0.628) was observed between <em>U. moluccensis </em>and <em>U. pori</em>. For intergeneric comparisons, the highest genetic distance (1.250) was detected between <em>M. surmuletus</em> and U. pori, and the lowest (D=1.056) was observed between M. surmuletus and U. moluccensis. Remarkably <em>U. pori</em> was genetically the most distinct species from the genus <em>Mullus</em>. A neighbour-joining analysis of genetic data separated the two genera: <em>M. barbatus</em> and <em>M. b. ponticus</em> clustered as the closest taxonomic assemblage, which was a sister group to <em>M. surmuletus</em> in the first branch, while <em>U. moluccensis</em> and <em>U. pori</em> clustered more divergently in the second branch. Morphological data using meristic characters was congruent with the genetic data and revealed similar patterns of relationships among four Mullidae species.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Scientia Marina}, author={Turan, Cemal}, year={2006}, month={Jun.}, pages={311–318} }