Genetic structure and diversity of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) from South China Sea inferred by mtDNA control region sequence

Wen Jia Yang; Ya Min Wang; Min Chen

doi:10.1016/j.bse.2015.04.007

Genetic structure and diversity of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) from South China Sea inferred by mtDNA control region sequence

Wen Jia Yang, Ya Min Wang, Min Chen

School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Shandong University

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We analyzed 88 control region sequences of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) from around Hainan Island in the South China Sea. These sequences had a length of 489 bp and revealed 8 mtDNA haplotypes of which four haplotypes (CMC1, CMC4, CMC7, and CMC8) had not been discovered before. Haplotype diversity (h) and nucleotide diversity (π) were 0.45 ± 0.054 and 0.0035 ± 0.0014, respectively. Neighbor-Joining tree based on control region sequences revealed that genetic relationship between green sea turtles from the South China Sea and from Japan Sea were very close. Clustering relationship based on control region sequences indicated that the South China Sea is an important breeding site and feeding habitat for green sea turtles, which connects with the Middle East Pacific, the Southwest Pacific and the Indian Ocean.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-98
Number of pages	4
Journal	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Volume	60
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2015.04.007
State	Published - 1 Jun 2015

Keywords

Biodiversity conversation
Chelonia mydas
Control region
DNA sequencing
MtDNA haplotypes
South China Sea

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Genetic structure and diversity of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) from South China Sea inferred by mtDNA control region sequence

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