Abstract:
Genetic diversity and molecular evolution of five species of grouper, viz.
Epinephelus lanceolatus,
Cromileptes altivelis,
E.fuscoguttatus,
E.coioides and
E.fario, were detected using RAPD technique. A total 120 random primers were evaluated for the usefulness. And thereinto, 19 random primers were selected according to the effect of PCR of genomic DNA of 5 species of grouper. The results showed as the followings: the polymorphic loci ratio in
E.lanceolatus,
C.altivelis,
E.fuscoguttatus,
E.coioides and
E.fario (
P) were 64.23%, 72.61%, 60.34%, 69.97% and 73.94%, respectively. The mean genetic similarity index of intra-species (
S) were 0.8238, 0.8110, 0.8345, 0.8277, 0.8064, respectively, the mean genetic distances of intra-species (
D) were 0.1762, 0.1890, 0.1655, 0.1723 and 0.1936, respectively, Nei′s gene diversity (
H) were 0.1189, 0.1364, 0.1028, 0.1439 and 0.1648, respectively, and Shannon′s information index (
Hi) were 0.1801, 0.1992, 0.1530, 0.2100, 0.2434, respectively. The mean genetic distances of inter-species (
Dxy) were between 0.3964~0.6085.