Author/Authors :
Rovie-Ryan, Jeffrine Japning National Parks of Peninsular Malaysia (DWNP) - Department of Wildlife, Malaysia , Guan, Andy Kho Han Universiti Malaysia Sarawak - Molerular Ecology Laboratory - Department of Zoology, Malaysia , Kumaran, Jayaraj V. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak - Molerular Ecology Laboratory - Department of Zoology, Malaysia , Esa, Yuzine B. Universiti Putra Malaysia - Facults of Science - Biology Department, Malaysia , Sallehin, Awang A. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak - Faculty of Resource Science and Technology - Department of Molecular Biology, Malaysia , Abdullah, M. T. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak - Molerular Ecology Laboratory - Department of Zoology, Malaysia
Abstract :
Fourteen species of the Malaysian fruit bats (Pteropodidae) were used in this DNA taxonomy using 1,334bp of the 125 ribosomal RNA (rRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA) valine and 165 rRNA gene segments. Previous studies using DNA found contradictions between morphology and molecular data in inferring the phylogeny of the fruit bats proposed by Andersen (1912). Our phylogenetic analysis using the neighborjoining and the maximum parsimony methods did not support the monophyly of the subfamily Macroglossinae and the cynopterine group of the subfamily Pteropodinae as proposed by classical taxonomists. This is congruent with previous molecular studies. Here, we provide the first registered 125 rRNA, tRNA valine and 165 rRNA sequence records for Dyacopterus spadiceus in the GenBank database. This study represents the first attempt to infer the phylogenetic relationship of fruit bats from Malaysia using molecular methods.
