Thuy Yen Duong * and Tran Thi Ngoc Han

* Corresponding author (thuyyen@ctu.edu.vn)

Abstract

This study was aimed to verify whether or not hybrids between Pangasius krempfi (Pk) and Pangasius mekongensis (Pm) are being raised in some farms. Fish samples of two species and four fingerlings from several households were analyzed for the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI) and the nuclear gene Rhodopsin (Rho). Results based on COI showed that there were three suspect fish samples (L1, L2 and L3) whose mother was Pm and one sample (L4) whose mother was Pk with 100% similarity to the maternal species. The Rho gene had seven variable sites (among 766 bp) between Pk and Pm. The four hybrid samples had two nucleotides of the two species overlapping in the above seven sites, proving that they were hybrids of the two species. The combination results from the two genes showed that L1, L2 and L3 were hybrids ♀ Pm x ♂ Pk, L4 was a hybrid ♀ Pk x ♂ Pm. Thus, artificial hybridization between the two fish species is occurring and this issue needs to be further studied to evaluate the impacts of hybrids on aquaculture and aquatic resources.

Keywords: catfish, hybrid identification, molecular markers, Pangasius, sequence chromatogram

Tóm tắt

Nghiên cứu nhằm kiểm chứng có hay không con lai giữa cá bông lau và tra bần đang được nuôi ở một số nông hộ. Mẫu cá của hai loài và bốn mẫu cá giống từ một số hộ dân được phân tích gen ty thể Cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI) và gen trong nhân Rhodopsin (Rho). Kết quả dựa trên COI cho thấy có 3 mẫu cá nghi ngờ (L1, L2 và L3) có mẹ là tra bần và một mẫu (L4) có mẹ là bông lau với mức độ tương đồng với loài mẹ 100%. Gen Rho có bảy vị trí khác biệt (trong 766 bp) giữa bông lau và tra bần. Bốn mẫu con lai đều có hai nucleotide của hai loài trùng lắp nhau ở bảy vị trí trên, chứng tỏ chúng là con lai của hai loài. Kết quả kết hợp từ hai gen chứng tỏ L1, L2 và L3 là con lai ♀ tra bần x ♂ bông lau, L4 là con lai ♀ bông lau x ♂ tra bần. Như vậy, việc lai tạo giữa hai loài cá đang xảy ra và vấn đề này cần được nghiên cứu để đánh giá tác động của con lai đến nguồn lợi thủy sản.

Từ khóa: cá da trơn, chỉ thị phân tử, giải trình tự, Pangasius, xác định con lai

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