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Molecular phylogeny of monogeneans parasitizing African fish of Cichlidae inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences

MENDLOVÁ, Monika; Andrea VETEŠNÍKOVÁ ŠIMKOVÁ and Martina VYSKOČILOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Molecular phylogeny of monogeneans parasitizing African fish of Cichlidae inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences

Authors

Edition

6th International Symposium on Monogenea, Cape Town, South Africa, 2009, 2009

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Conference abstract

Field of Study

Genetics and molecular biology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Yes

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/09:00042724

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

molecular phylogeny; Monogenea; Cichlidae; rDNA
Changed: 30/3/2011 17:24, Mgr. Monika Mendlová, Ph.D.

Abstract

In the original language

African cichlids are parasitized by specific monogeneans of Cichlidogyrus, Scutogyrus, Onchobdella and Enterogyrus genera. The aim of the study was to perform the molecular phylogenetic analyses to investigate the phylogenetic relationships between specific cichlid monogeneans and other representatives of Dactylogyridae. All phylogenetic analyses based on the large subunit of rDNA sequences of monogeneans belonging to the Dactylogyridea indicated polyphyletic origin of the subfamily Ancyrocephalinae and suggested that Enterogyrus and Onchobdella are each monophyletic. Scutogyrus was nested within Cichlidogyrus, which suggests the non-monophyly of Cichlidogyrus. Moreover, the present phylogenetic analyses showed the monophyly of group including Protogyrodactylus, Euryhaliotrema, Ligophorus and specific cichlid monogeneans: endoparasitic Enterogyrus and ectoparasitic Onchobdella, Cichlidogyrus and Scutogyrus. Therefore, we suggest that endoparasitism is probably a derived feature for cichlid monogeneans.

Links

LC522, research and development project
Name: ICHTYOPARAZITOLOGIE - centrum základního výzkumu
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Ichtyoparazitology - the center of basic research
MSM0021622416, plan (intention)
Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time