Morphological and DNA size-based differences among Corallana spp. in Oreochromis sp. found in open waters and fish cages of Lake Taal

College

College of Science

Department/Unit

Biology

Document Type

Archival Material/Manuscript

Publication Date

4-2006

Abstract

Flabelliferran isopods were collected in Isla Bubuin and areas near Puting Buhangin in Taal Lake, Batangas. The isopod species were verified to belong to Corallana spp. using morphological characterization. Differences in body pattern, length and weight were however noted between the specimens collected from the two sampling sites. Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of extracted DNA also led to the confirmation that the Corallana spp. collected from the two sites are further different in terms of DNA band size. The study provided one of the pioneer literatures of the morphology and DNA sequence of the isopod Corallana spp. and also suggests that the Corallana spp. that infests the local fish population may differ in the species level as well.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/200600401

Disciplines

Biology

Keywords

Isopoda—Philippines—Taal Lake—Morphology

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