background : female sand flies of subgenus adlerius are considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in iran. the objective of this study was to determine the morphological and genotypic variations in the populations of this subgenus in the country. methods : sand flies collected using sticky traps from 17 provinces during 2008–2010. the morphometric measurements were conducted with...

Phylogenetic relationships among all described species (total of 5 taxa) of the shrimp genus Penaeus, were examined with nucleotide sequence data from portions of mitochondrial gene and cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI). There are twelve commercial shrimp in the Iranian coastal waters. The reconstruction of the evolution phylogeny of these species is crucial in revealing stock identity that ca...

Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus Temminck, 1847) is one of the Asian sub-species distributed in Sumatera Island and classified as endangered species due to hunting high habitat fragmentation. This study aimed analyze genetic relationship elephants based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (Cyt b). Blood samples were collected from 11 Seblat Natural Ecotourism Park. Based mt-DNA Cyto...

We describe the genetic and molecular analysis of the first non-Mendelian mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii resistant to myxothiazol, an inhibitor of the respiratory cytochrome bc1 complex. Using a set of seven oligonucleotide probes, restriction fragments containing the mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) gene from C. reinhardtii were isolated from a mitochondrial DNA library. This gene is l...

Snakehead fish with different geographical differences can have an impact on genetic diversity. DNA barcoding is a system designed to identify species precisely and accurately by using short standardized gene regions. This study aims determine the diversity of snakehead populations in four areas East Java. used Cytochrome b (Cyt b) sequence mitochondrial variation wild population Channa striata...

A technique to isolate DNA from deer meat was established authenticate the species and successfully extracted meat. The method based on Epicentre MasterPureTM Complete RNA Purification Kit extraction kit with slight modification by increasing volume of Proteinase K RNase 5 µL 20 each. recovery then analysed Polymerase Chain Reaction using cytochrome b gene oligonucleotide primers for family, wh...

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is one of the most important pest of vegetable and fruit crops. This polyphagous pest has a range of natural enemies including the parasitoid Eretmocerus mundus (Merect) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). To determine the molecular profile and taxonomic status of Iranian isolates of E. mundus, parasitized B. tabaci samples were collected from cotton...

b a ckground: great gerbils, rhombomys opimus , are the main reservoir host of zoonootic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) in iran and neighboring countries. based on morphological traits two subspecies r. opimus sodalis and r. opimus sargadensis have reported in the country. however, variation in infection rate and signs to leishmania parasites, phenotype, size, and sexual polymorphisms demand mor...