Abstract:
Mitochondrial cytochrome b DNAs of representative varieties of Carassius auratus var.,viz grass goldfish,red dragoneye goldfish, red-head wen goldfish,blisters-eye goldfish and white-head oval goldfish were sequenced. 1 141 bp of mitochondril cytochrome b gene sequence has been obtained from C.auratus var. and the content of T, C, A, G of the gene were 29.1%, 27.8%,28.4%, 14.5%, respectively. The sequences were same in those varieties of C.auratus var. So the results showed that Cyt b gene was conservative and indicated grass goldfish,red dragoneye goldfish,red-head wen goldfish,blisters-eye goldfish,white-head oval goldfish may be the same species. According to the analysis,C. auratus var. is relatively closer to C.auratus. Sequence analysis of mtDNA Cyt b gene of C. auratus var. and C.auratus which has 97.9% homology suggests it may be reasonable in a species.