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.