Complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular Malaysia

The tropical country of Malaysia has a unique ecosystem, located in the southeast Asian region and sharing a border with Thailand,Singapore,Burnei and Indonesia. Malaysian conservation authorities have identified the need to conserve their natural resources and environment including floral and fa...

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Main Author: Suleiman, Asia Abdillahi
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Published: 2023
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spelling my-usm-ep.602192024-03-19T06:42:59Z Complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular Malaysia 2023-09 Suleiman, Asia Abdillahi R Medicine RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine The tropical country of Malaysia has a unique ecosystem, located in the southeast Asian region and sharing a border with Thailand,Singapore,Burnei and Indonesia. Malaysian conservation authorities have identified the need to conserve their natural resources and environment including floral and faunal. These include Tragulidae which is a small family group with 3 genera and 2 species. Two of Tragulidae species are T.kancil and T.napu that native to Peninsular Malaysia are facing a crucial threat of extinction including habitat degradation, forest fragmentation, illegal hunting, and trading. These threats are leading to decline in their population size. The present study involved full mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomic sequence using next generation sequencer platform of T.kancil and T.napu from Peninsular Malaysia for the first time. A total of 17 individuals of Tragulus spp. were used to collect tissue specimens. There were 10 T.kancil individuals and triplet samples of a T.napu which were collected from Perlis and Perak. Additional six of those 17 were T.kancil samples sent to wildlife forensic laboratory from Selangor, Phang,Kedah,Perak and Sarawak as a part of routine operations. In phylogenetic tree, T.kancil are different from their lesser Tragulus relative (T.javanicus). Unlike T.napu where a clear distiniction can be observed between a T.napu samples from Malaysia (Perlis) versus a T.napu from Thailand, no full mtDNA reference sequence of T.kancil from other country is currently available for geographical comparison. Overall, the whole mtDNA genomic data collected from T.kancil and T.napu support the current classification of Tragulus and distinication between Tragulus and Rusa species. 2023-09 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/60219/ http://eprints.usm.my/60219/1/SULEIMAN%20ASIA%20ABDILLAHI-E.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
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Complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular Malaysia
description The tropical country of Malaysia has a unique ecosystem, located in the southeast Asian region and sharing a border with Thailand,Singapore,Burnei and Indonesia. Malaysian conservation authorities have identified the need to conserve their natural resources and environment including floral and faunal. These include Tragulidae which is a small family group with 3 genera and 2 species. Two of Tragulidae species are T.kancil and T.napu that native to Peninsular Malaysia are facing a crucial threat of extinction including habitat degradation, forest fragmentation, illegal hunting, and trading. These threats are leading to decline in their population size. The present study involved full mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomic sequence using next generation sequencer platform of T.kancil and T.napu from Peninsular Malaysia for the first time. A total of 17 individuals of Tragulus spp. were used to collect tissue specimens. There were 10 T.kancil individuals and triplet samples of a T.napu which were collected from Perlis and Perak. Additional six of those 17 were T.kancil samples sent to wildlife forensic laboratory from Selangor, Phang,Kedah,Perak and Sarawak as a part of routine operations. In phylogenetic tree, T.kancil are different from their lesser Tragulus relative (T.javanicus). Unlike T.napu where a clear distiniction can be observed between a T.napu samples from Malaysia (Perlis) versus a T.napu from Thailand, no full mtDNA reference sequence of T.kancil from other country is currently available for geographical comparison. Overall, the whole mtDNA genomic data collected from T.kancil and T.napu support the current classification of Tragulus and distinication between Tragulus and Rusa species.
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author Suleiman, Asia Abdillahi
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title Complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular Malaysia
title_short Complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular Malaysia
title_full Complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular Malaysia
title_sort complete mitochondrial genome of tragulus kancil and tragulus napu in peninsular malaysia
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