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1 June 2009 PCR Primers for the Neobatrachian Mitochondrial Genome
Atsushi Kurabayashi, Masayuki Sumida
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Abstract

Neobatrachia is a phylogenetically-nested anuran group and contains approximately 85% of amphibian species. It is difficult to analyze the neobatrachian mitochondrial (mt) genome due to accelerated nucleotide substitution rates and occasional gene rearrangements. To overcome these problems, we designed 15 PCR primers. These primers, together with two primers from a previous study, could amplify almost the entire mt genome in all neobatrachians tested (seven species from seven different families) without optimizing PCR conditions. Among the tested taxa, Trichobatrachus robustus (Arthroleptidae) and Hyperolius viridiflavus (Hyperoliidae) showed unique amplification patterns, suggesting occurrences of gene duplication and/or rearrangements in these mt genomes.

© 2009 by The Herpetological Society of Japan
Atsushi Kurabayashi and Masayuki Sumida "PCR Primers for the Neobatrachian Mitochondrial Genome," Current Herpetology 28(1), 1-11, (1 June 2009). https://doi.org/10.3105/018.028.0101
Accepted: 1 March 2009; Published: 1 June 2009
KEYWORDS
mitochondrial genome
Neobatrachia
PCR
primer
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