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March 3, 2026Open Access

Mitochondrial Cyt b Reveals Low Diversity and Basin-Scale Population Structure in Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) from the Yangtze, Pearl and Red River Basins

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YLYan-Qiao LiXHXing-Pu HuangDLDan Li

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Analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome b reveals genetic structure in black carp, suggesting conservation needs.

Key Points

  • Assess mitochondrial genetic diversity and population structure of black carp across rivers in China.
  • Collected Cyt b sequences from 100 black carp from various river populations.
  • Analyzed haplotypes to assess genetic diversity and structure.
  • Conducted neutrality tests and mismatch-distribution analyses.
  • Calculated pairwise FST values to determine population differentiation.
  • Identified 17 haplotypes with a dominant haplotype shared across all populations.
  • Haplotype diversity was high, but nucleotide diversity was low.
  • Significant differentiation was observed between the upstream Yangtze population and others.
  • Pearl and Red River populations showed high mitochondrial homogeneity.
  • Cyt b data indicate low mitochondrial diversity and notable basin-scale structuring.

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Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a67f1ff353c071a6f0b047https://doi.org/10.3390/ani16050768
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