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Genetic diversity among different species of the genus leiurus (scorpiones : buthidae) in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

Identifier
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.08.048
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. v. 27, 12, p. 3348-3353
Contributors
Country
Netherlands.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Gregorian
2020-12-01
Language
English
English abstract
The molecular phylogenetic relationship among two species of genus Leiurus, from Saudi Arabia with additional comparative sequence data available from Egypt, Oman and Turkey is presented. The molecular phylogeny was performed using maximum parsimony, neighbor joining and bayesian inference. Our results indicate a clear deep splitting between the Western clade, which represented by L. quinuestriatus sequences from Egypt and those from the Eastern clade which encompassing different Leiurus species from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Turkey was shown. Also, the phylogenetic relationship represents additional support for the taxonomic status of Arabian Leiurus species.
ISSN
1319-562X
Category
Journal articles