Genetic variation of reef-building polychaete Sabellaria chandraae in the south-eastern Arabian Sea based on mitochondrial COI gene sequences.
The honeycomb worm Sabellaria chandraae is the most common reef-building polychaete in the intertidal area along the south-eastern Arabian Sea. We used the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) gene to examine the levels of genetic variation the population. The samples were collected from seven intertidal areas along the south-eastern Arabian Sea. The hierarchical Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA) and conventional population statistics (F ) showed a low level of genetic differentiation (F = 0.0864, p < .05), indicating no geographical patterning among seven populations. The present results were able to provide a reference for the single stock population along the south-eastern Arabian Sea.
['Rengaiyan|Periasamy|P|', 'Ingole|Baban|B|']
cytochrome c oxidase subunit I Mitochondrial DNA West Indian Coastal Current genetic diversity