Mitochondrial DNA discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Northeast India
The DNA data of Indian snakes are scanty in the global database, especially from the northeastern states. The present study generated the mitochondrial Cytochrome b gene information of two morphologically identified deadly elapid species from Mizoram. Both, the King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) and Ba...
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| description | The DNA data of Indian snakes are scanty in the global database, especially from the northeastern states. The present study generated the mitochondrial Cytochrome b gene information of two morphologically identified deadly elapid species from Mizoram. Both, the King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) and Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) showed monophyletic clades in the BA topology and cohesively clustered with the database sequences generated from distant geographical locations. The studied O. hannah depicted 2.7–7.6% K2P genetic distances with the specimens collected from China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Further, the northeast Indian B. fasciatus revealed 3.3–4% K2P genetic distance from Chinese, Vietnamese, Thailand, Indonesian, and Australian specimens. The TCS network showed distinct haplotypes for both the species collected from northeast India. The genetic information of these venomous snakes would be helpful for further rapid identification from the museum as well as from road-killed specimens, curbing the venom poaching and medical avenues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b373c66319b4cc4a32ceb784fbb6ccd2023-11-03T13:50:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources2380-23592020-04-01521530153410.1080/23802359.2020.17422101742210Mitochondrial DNA discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Northeast IndiaShantanu Kundu0Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga1Kaomud Tyagi2Lal Biakzuala3Vikas Kumar4Kailash Chandra5Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of IndiaMizoram UniversityCentre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of IndiaMizoram UniversityCentre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of IndiaCentre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of IndiaThe DNA data of Indian snakes are scanty in the global database, especially from the northeastern states. The present study generated the mitochondrial Cytochrome b gene information of two morphologically identified deadly elapid species from Mizoram. Both, the King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) and Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) showed monophyletic clades in the BA topology and cohesively clustered with the database sequences generated from distant geographical locations. The studied O. hannah depicted 2.7–7.6% K2P genetic distances with the specimens collected from China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Further, the northeast Indian B. fasciatus revealed 3.3–4% K2P genetic distance from Chinese, Vietnamese, Thailand, Indonesian, and Australian specimens. The TCS network showed distinct haplotypes for both the species collected from northeast India. The genetic information of these venomous snakes would be helpful for further rapid identification from the museum as well as from road-killed specimens, curbing the venom poaching and medical avenues.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1742210elapidaevenomousmitochondrial dnaphylogenyhaplotypes |
| spellingShingle | Shantanu Kundu Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga Kaomud Tyagi Lal Biakzuala Vikas Kumar Kailash Chandra Mitochondrial DNA discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Northeast India Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources elapidae venomous mitochondrial dna phylogeny haplotypes |
| title | Mitochondrial DNA discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Northeast India |
| title_full | Mitochondrial DNA discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Northeast India |
| title_fullStr | Mitochondrial DNA discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Northeast India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mitochondrial DNA discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Northeast India |
| title_short | Mitochondrial DNA discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Northeast India |
| title_sort | mitochondrial dna discriminates distinct population of two deadly snakes reptilia elapidae in northeast india |
| topic | elapidae venomous mitochondrial dna phylogeny haplotypes |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1742210 |
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