[Hydrophidae identification through analysis on Cyt b gene barcode]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2015 Aug;40(16):3179-82.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Hydrophidae, one of the precious traditional Chinese medicines, is generally drily preserved to prevent corruption, but it is hard to identify the species of Hydrophidae through the appearance because of the change due to the drying process. The identification through analysis on gene barcode, a new technique in species identification, can avoid the problem. The gene barcodes of the 6 species of Hydrophidae like Lapemis hardwickii were aquired through DNA extraction and gene sequencing. These barcodes were then in sequence alignment and test the identification efficency by BLAST. Our results revealed that the barcode sequences performed high identification efficiency, and had obvious difference between intra- and inter-species. These all indicated that Cyt b DNA barcoding can confirm the Hydrophidae identification.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • China
  • Cytochromes b / genetics*
  • DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
  • Elapidae / classification
  • Elapidae / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Reptilian Proteins / genetics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Reptilian Proteins
  • Cytochromes b