PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE METAZOAN PARASITES OF THE CLARIID FISHES OF LAKE VICTORIA INFERRED FROM PARTIAL 18S rDNA SEQUENCES

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dc.creatorMwita, Chacha
dc.creatorGamba, Nkwengulila
dc.date2015-12-17T09:49:40Z
dc.date2015-12-17T09:49:40Z
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T13:36:17Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T13:36:17Z
dc.descriptionPhylogenetic relationships among twenty two metazoan parasites recovered from seven species of clariid fish from Lake Victoria were analysed using partial 18S rDNA sequences. The 18S rDNA gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction, directly sequenced, aligned and phylogenies inferred using maximum parsimony. Heuristic bootstrap MP searches yielded one most parsimonious tree (CI = 61%, HI = 39%), which showed that clariid parasites are monophyletic at higher taxonomic levels (Cestodea, Nematodea, Digenea and Crustacea). However the position of two trematodes (Allocredium mazoensis and Clinostomum sp.) and a nematode (Contracaecum sp.) were not stable. Despite the present findings, the study utilised single species from each taxa, hence further analysis with additional sequences from a multitude of species is recommended to further resolve the phylogeny of the parasites of the clariids in Lake Victoria and elsewhere.
dc.descriptionLake Victoria Environment Management Project (LVEMP I)
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/149
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/47605
dc.languageen
dc.publisherTanzania Journal of Science (TSJ)
dc.subjectClariid’s parasites phylogeny
dc.subjectLake Victoria
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titlePHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE METAZOAN PARASITES OF THE CLARIID FISHES OF LAKE VICTORIA INFERRED FROM PARTIAL 18S rDNA SEQUENCES
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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