Amplification at random of the DNA from 5 Cuban populations of larviphage fishes of the Rivulus genus
Fernández-Calienes, A.é; Hernández, N.; Fraga, J.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 55(3): 203-207
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 15849927 Document Number: 558601
DNA from 10 individuals from 5 populations of Rivulus collected in the western region of Cuba was amplified at random. No monomorphic marker resulted from the amplification by using 5 primers, which showed the high genetic variability existing among the fishes of the 5 populations. According to the genetic distance among the individuals, they were divided into 4 groups, for which there are specific genetic markers of RAPD, since they are not observed in the rest of the subjects. These results support the use of RAPD as an efficient tool for the genetic characterization of Cuban fishes of the Rivulus genus.