Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo

The long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus is the smallest of the family Pteropodidae commonly found both in primary and secondary tropical moist forest. M. minimus is chosen as a model for this study because of lack information on their genetic relationship within the species itself. The...

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Main Author: Zaniah, Ishak
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2013
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7564/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7564/2/Zaniah%20Ishak%20ft.pdf
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description The long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus is the smallest of the family Pteropodidae commonly found both in primary and secondary tropical moist forest. M. minimus is chosen as a model for this study because of lack information on their genetic relationship within the species itself. The main objective of this study is to determine the genetics structure of M. minimus from different populations in Malaysian Borneo using partial primer of cytochrome b (cyt b) mitochondrial gene. This population is hypothesised to show genetic variation due to the isolation by geographical distance. The result showed that there are no genetic variations among M. minimus populations in Sarawak. However, there are genetic divergence between populations of Sabah and southern part of Sarawak. The variation of genetic structure might be related to historical event. More samples should be included in future studies to confirm the genetic divergence of the species within and among their populations.
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spelling unimas-75642024-03-19T03:26:35Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7564/ Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo Zaniah, Ishak QH301 Biology QH426 Genetics The long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus is the smallest of the family Pteropodidae commonly found both in primary and secondary tropical moist forest. M. minimus is chosen as a model for this study because of lack information on their genetic relationship within the species itself. The main objective of this study is to determine the genetics structure of M. minimus from different populations in Malaysian Borneo using partial primer of cytochrome b (cyt b) mitochondrial gene. This population is hypothesised to show genetic variation due to the isolation by geographical distance. The result showed that there are no genetic variations among M. minimus populations in Sarawak. However, there are genetic divergence between populations of Sabah and southern part of Sarawak. The variation of genetic structure might be related to historical event. More samples should be included in future studies to confirm the genetic divergence of the species within and among their populations. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2013 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7564/2/Zaniah%20Ishak%20ft.pdf Zaniah, Ishak (2013) Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle QH301 Biology
QH426 Genetics
Zaniah, Ishak
Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo
title Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo
title_full Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo
title_fullStr Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo
title_full_unstemmed Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo
title_short Population Genetics of Long-Tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in Malaysian Borneo
title_sort population genetics of long-tongued nectar bat, macroglossus minimus (chiroptea pteropodidae) in malaysian borneo
topic QH301 Biology
QH426 Genetics
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7564/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7564/2/Zaniah%20Ishak%20ft.pdf