PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF GENETIC HETEROGENEITY OF SOME INDIAN FRESHWATER MUSSELS USING RAPD MARKERS

V. N. Magare; Charuu P. Kulkarnii; Chandra B.  Maurya; R. C. Patil

Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2015

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF GENETIC HETEROGENEITY OF SOME INDIAN FRESHWATER MUSSELS USING RAPD MARKERS

V. N. Magare, Charuu P. Kulkarnii, Chandra B. Maurya, R. C. Patil

Abstract :

India has a widespread distribution of freshwater bivalve mussels which have ecological and economical importance. Use of shell pattern and morphological characteristics for identification of these mussels could lead to error. The present study reports a preliminary investigation of genetic diversity evaluation in these bivalves collected from the State of Maharashtra using RAPD makers. Genomic DNA was isolated and amplified with twelve different RAPD primers which generated amplification fingerprint specific for each species under the study. Different amplification patterns by a single marker in different samples indicated the polymorphism.