Phylogenetic Relationships of Greek and Eurasian-Japanese Common Carp: The Origin of Cyprinus carpio from Western Greece - Abstract
To elucidate the origin of the Greek common carp inhabiting the Lakes Amvrakia, Ozeros, Lysimacheia and Trichonida located in Western Greece, representative partial D-loop sequences 573 bp, in length, sequences from European, Asian and Japanese domestic and wild common carp strains (n=45) have been analyzed. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that the Yangtze River wild common carp (YWC1) is the ancestor for the Greek and all Eurasian common carp strains and the Lake Biwa wild common carp represent a possible ancient lineage of Cyprinus carpio. In addition, partial D-loop sequence analysis provided further support regarding the origin of the Greek common carp and revealed that the Ozeros Lake common carp (OZE2a) and Volga River wild common carp (VWC1) strains consist of a closely and a distinct ancestor for European Cyprinus carpio populations, respectively.