The Taxonomic Status of Spermophilus in the Plague Area of Dingbian County, Shaanxi Province, China / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
;
(12): 238-241, 2018.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to define the taxonomic status of Spermophilus in the plague area of Dingbian County in Shaanxi Province, China, through the two-factor variance analysis of morphological characteristics, DNA barcoding, and chromosome karyotype analysis. The Spermophilus samples collected from Dingbian and Zhengxiang Baiqi Counties exhibited significant differences in their morphological measurements. All Spermophilus samples form two distinct branches in neighbor-joining (NJ) tree. One branch included the Spermophilus samples collected from Inner Mongolia, and the other branch included samples collected from the plague foci of Shaanxi Province and the Ningxia Region. The Spermophilus samples collected from Dingbian County had a chromosome number of 2n = 38 in 84.40% of all their cells. The Spermophilus species collected from the plague area of Dingbian County was categorized as Spermophilus alashanicus (S.alashamicus). The findings reported in this study are epidemiologically significant for monitoring plague in this region of west-central China.
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Main subject:
Plague
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Sciuridae
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China
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Classification
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Electron Transport Complex IV
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Cytochromes b
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DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
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Karyotype
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Genetics
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Microbiology
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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