Open AccessMorphological and Molecular Identification of Three Genera of the Family Heptageniidae (Ephemeroptera) from Ava Sheen Branch/ Greater Zab Tributary, North of Iraq
Author(s) -
Shelan Mustafa Khudhur,
Yahya Ahmed Shekha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iraqi journal of science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-1637
pISSN - 0067-2904
DOI - 10.24996/ijs.2020.61.5.2
Subject(s) - tributary , biology , zoology , ecology , geography , cartography
The aquatic Heptageniidae family of Ava-sheen branch (Greater Zab Tributary) in Duhok Governorate/ Iraq was studied. Samples were collected using Surber stream sampler to study their diagnostic morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic profile using a nuclear gene 16s ribosomal RNA. The morphological and molecular identification supported that the three species, Epeorus longimanus, Heptagenia elegantula and Ephemerella cornutus belong to Heptageniidae family, while the molecular results also confirmed the monophyletic origin of these three
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