Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD

Saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus is abundant in Sarawak rivers and mainly dominating the brackish water ecosystem. Lack of data on C.porosus in Sarawak especially molecular data had limit the knowledge and ability of relevant agencies to manage this potent resource in a sustainable manner. T...

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Main Author: Mohd Khairulazman, Bin Sulaiman
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2011
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7353/
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description Saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus is abundant in Sarawak rivers and mainly dominating the brackish water ecosystem. Lack of data on C.porosus in Sarawak especially molecular data had limit the knowledge and ability of relevant agencies to manage this potent resource in a sustainable manner. This study is designed to document RAPD profiles of C. porosus sampled from Kuching, Bau, Serian, Sibu and Miri. Methods involved were total genomic DNA extraction using modified CTAB method and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) – Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) using three sets of primer namely Oligo 135, OPA-01 and OPA-09. RAPD profiles generated from these three primers had successfully revealed 91.67%, 67.85% and 83.33% polymorphism respectively. Genetic dissimilarities trees generated based on RAPD profiles, indicated RAPD profile did not correlate with the location of the sample obtained and the relationships between nine crocodiles in this study was not fully resolved.
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spelling unimas-73532023-08-28T09:07:18Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7353/ Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD Mohd Khairulazman, Bin Sulaiman QL Zoology SF Animal culture Saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus is abundant in Sarawak rivers and mainly dominating the brackish water ecosystem. Lack of data on C.porosus in Sarawak especially molecular data had limit the knowledge and ability of relevant agencies to manage this potent resource in a sustainable manner. This study is designed to document RAPD profiles of C. porosus sampled from Kuching, Bau, Serian, Sibu and Miri. Methods involved were total genomic DNA extraction using modified CTAB method and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) – Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) using three sets of primer namely Oligo 135, OPA-01 and OPA-09. RAPD profiles generated from these three primers had successfully revealed 91.67%, 67.85% and 83.33% polymorphism respectively. Genetic dissimilarities trees generated based on RAPD profiles, indicated RAPD profile did not correlate with the location of the sample obtained and the relationships between nine crocodiles in this study was not fully resolved. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2011 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7353/8/GENETIC%20DIVERSITY%20OF%20SARAWAK%20SALTWATER%20CROCODILE%28OCR%29.pdf Mohd Khairulazman, Bin Sulaiman (2011) Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle QL Zoology
SF Animal culture
Mohd Khairulazman, Bin Sulaiman
Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD
title Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD
title_full Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD
title_fullStr Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD
title_full_unstemmed Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD
title_short Genetic diversity of Sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using PCR-RAPD
title_sort genetic diversity of sarawak saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus) using pcr-rapd
topic QL Zoology
SF Animal culture
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7353/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7353/8/GENETIC%20DIVERSITY%20OF%20SARAWAK%20SALTWATER%20CROCODILE%28OCR%29.pdf