DNA sequence comparisons of two mitochondrial DNA genes were used to infer phylogenetic relationships among four species of mullids. Approximately 238bp of the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and 261bp of the cytochrome b (cytb) genes were sequenced from representatives of three mullid genera (Mullus, Upeneus, Pseudopeneus), present in the Mediterranean Sea. Trees were constructed using three methods: maximum likelihood (ML), neighbor joining (NJ) and parsimony (MP). The results of the analyses of these data together with published data of the same mtDNA segments of two other perciform species (Sparus aurata, Perca fluviatilis), support the previous taxonomic classification of the three genera examined, as well as the classification of the two red mullet species in the same genus.

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从线粒体细胞色素 b 和 16S rRNA 基因的 DNA 序列推断四种鱼科 (Perciformes) 之间的系统发育关系

两个线粒体 DNA 基因的 DNA 序列比较被用来推断四种软体动物之间的系统发育关系。大约 238 bp 的线粒体 16S 核糖体 RNA (rRNA) 和 261 bp 的细胞色素 b (cytb) 基因是从地中海中存在的三个 mullid 属 (Mullus、Upeneus、Pseudopeneus) 的代表中测序的。树使用三种方法构建：最大似然 (ML)、邻居连接 (NJ) 和简约 (MP)。对这些数据的分析结果以及其他两个鲈形目物种（Sparus aurata、Perca fluviatilis）的相同 mtDNA 片段的已发表数据，支持先前对所检查的三个属的分类学分类，以及两个红色物种的分类。同一属的鲻鱼种。