Partial Mitochondrial DNA Barcode of Rafflesia Mira Fernando & Ong, 2005 (Syn. Rafflesia Magnifica Madulid, Tandang, Agoo, 2005) Using MatR with Phylogenetic Analysis of Selected Rafflesia Species in the World

DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/1.3.10

Abstract:
In this paper, partial DNA barcode of R.mira syn. R.magnifica a critically endangered holoparasitic plant from Maragusan Compostela Valley Province was provided using mitochondrial gene sequence matR. Partial matR sequences generated from 3 replicates of R.mira (syn.R.magnifica) showed very close genetic variability between Philippine endemic species R. speciosa and R. manillana as shown in phylogenetic tree using neighbor-joining with bootstrap support and confirmed by pair-wise distance analysis.

Keywords:
DNA, matR, Rafflesia mira, R. magnifica, Maragusan, Compostela Valley.

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