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Abstract

Testudines’ Terrapins: DNA Barcoding and Their Conservation Status †

by
Mohd Hairul Mohd Salleh
1,2 and
Yuzine Esa
1,3,*
1
Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
2
Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Persiaran Perdana, Presint 2, Putrajaya 62596, Selangor, Malaysia
3
International Institute of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Lot 960 Jalan Kemang 6, Port Dickson 71050, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2022)—New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes, 15–31 March 2022; Available online: https://sciforum.net/event/IECD2022.
Biol. Life Sci. Forum 2022, 15(1), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/IECD2022-12426
Published: 15 March 2022
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2022)—New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes)
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Abstract

:
Terrapins are turtle types that live in freshwater or brackish water. There are 12 species of terrapin worldwide. A total of 26 COI sequences from worldwide terrapins were used in this study. The study aims to determine the global utility of terrapin DNA barcoding using novel COI sequences and compare them to other COI sequences previously published in BOLD Systems and GenBank. Nevertheless, the conservation status of terrapins is also taken into account in the interest of sustainability. The sequences contained three families, as determined by the UPGMA tree, with 33% of terrapins classified as least concern (LC) and 25% classified as critically endangered (CR). The genomic and bioinformatics analyses of terrapins reported here could be a basis for future research on this species worldwide.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/IECD2022-12426/s1.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, M.H.M.S. and Y.E.; methodology, M.H.M.S.; software, M.H.M.S.; validation, Y.E.; formal analysis, M.H.M.S.; investigation, M.H.M.S.; resources, Y.E.; data curation, Y.E.; writing—original draft preparation, M.H.M.S.; writing—review and editing, M.H.M.S.; visualization, Y.E.; supervision, Y.E.; project administration, Y.E.; funding acquisition, Y.E. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Institutional Review Board Statement

The study was conducted according to the guidlines and approved by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Peninsular Malaysia, with the research permit (B-00335-16-20).

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The data presented is authentic and was not improperly selected, manipulated, enhanced, or fabricated. The information can be found in GeneBank (accession numbers OL658844-OL658847) and BOLD Systems (Sequence IDs HYT001-21 to HYT004-21).

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Salleh, M.H.M.; Esa, Y. Testudines’ Terrapins: DNA Barcoding and Their Conservation Status. Biol. Life Sci. Forum 2022, 15, 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECD2022-12426

AMA Style

Salleh MHM, Esa Y. Testudines’ Terrapins: DNA Barcoding and Their Conservation Status. Biology and Life Sciences Forum. 2022; 15(1):29. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECD2022-12426

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Salleh, Mohd Hairul Mohd, and Yuzine Esa. 2022. "Testudines’ Terrapins: DNA Barcoding and Their Conservation Status" Biology and Life Sciences Forum 15, no. 1: 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECD2022-12426

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