Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae)

The genera of Karlodiunim, Karenia, Takayama, Gyrodinum are naked (athecated) dinoflagellates that have the potential to cause harmful algal blooms through the production of toxins or by their accumulated biomass, which can affect co-occurring organisms and alter food-web dynamics. In this study, w...

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Main Author: Chow, Luan Jia
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011
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description The genera of Karlodiunim, Karenia, Takayama, Gyrodinum are naked (athecated) dinoflagellates that have the potential to cause harmful algal blooms through the production of toxins or by their accumulated biomass, which can affect co-occurring organisms and alter food-web dynamics. In this study, we examine the phylogenetic lineage of Karlodiunim, Karenia, Takayama, Gyrodinium complex by mapping the morphological characters onto the phylogenetic tree. Using LSU rRNA gene sequences inferences, Karlodinium and Takayama phylogenies each revealed two monophyletic groups respectively whereas Karenia revealed three monophyletic groups and Gyrodinium revealed only one monophyletic group. Character mapping onto the LSU phylogeny revealed that different genera possess different morphological characters as the major morphological traits for species delineation. It appears that only certain classic morphological features (length and shaped of apical groove, cingulum displacement, sulcus structure, present of ventral pore) are of phylogenetic significance. The other characters such as the shape of epicone and hypocone somehow show high levels of variety and possess no taxonomic diagnostic value in the genera. These characters did not strongly support any grouping of taxa and appeared to have evolved in a random fashion.
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spelling unimas-53092023-02-02T08:34:24Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5309/ Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae) Chow, Luan Jia S Agriculture (General) The genera of Karlodiunim, Karenia, Takayama, Gyrodinum are naked (athecated) dinoflagellates that have the potential to cause harmful algal blooms through the production of toxins or by their accumulated biomass, which can affect co-occurring organisms and alter food-web dynamics. In this study, we examine the phylogenetic lineage of Karlodiunim, Karenia, Takayama, Gyrodinium complex by mapping the morphological characters onto the phylogenetic tree. Using LSU rRNA gene sequences inferences, Karlodinium and Takayama phylogenies each revealed two monophyletic groups respectively whereas Karenia revealed three monophyletic groups and Gyrodinium revealed only one monophyletic group. Character mapping onto the LSU phylogeny revealed that different genera possess different morphological characters as the major morphological traits for species delineation. It appears that only certain classic morphological features (length and shaped of apical groove, cingulum displacement, sulcus structure, present of ventral pore) are of phylogenetic significance. The other characters such as the shape of epicone and hypocone somehow show high levels of variety and possess no taxonomic diagnostic value in the genera. These characters did not strongly support any grouping of taxa and appeared to have evolved in a random fashion. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5309/8/Evolutionary%20lineage%20of%20naked%20harmful%20dinoflagellates%2C...%28fulltext%29.pdf Chow, Luan Jia (2011) Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae). [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle S Agriculture (General)
Chow, Luan Jia
Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae)
title Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae)
title_full Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae)
title_fullStr Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae)
title_full_unstemmed Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae)
title_short Evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (Dinophyceae)
title_sort evolutionary lineage of naked harmful dinoflagellates, karlodinium/karenia/takayama/gyrodinium complex (dinophyceae)
topic S Agriculture (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5309/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5309/8/Evolutionary%20lineage%20of%20naked%20harmful%20dinoflagellates%2C...%28fulltext%29.pdf