[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "DNA BARCODING OF GASTROPOD TELESCOPIUM TELESCOPIUM (LINNAEUS, 1758) FOUND AT THE KARACHI COAST, PAKISTAN",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "George",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Siddiqui",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Muhammad",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "George",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2021]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "31",
  "issue": "5",
  "page": "1530-1536",
  "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2021.5.0355",
  "abstract": "<p>DNA barcoding is considered an effective tool for the identification of organisms on the molecular level. The present study aimed to focus on DNA barcoding of<em>&nbsp;Telescopium telescopium</em>&nbsp;(Gastropod) using mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI) gene and to correlate it with morphologically identified species found along the coast of Karachi, Pakistan. Our results of BLAST analyses show 95% similarity with the partial sequence of&nbsp;<em>T. telescopium</em>&nbsp;reported from Goa and Kerala, India whereas, the genomic distance of mt-COI gene among the&nbsp;<em>T. telescopium&nbsp;</em>population is 0% to 45%.&nbsp;<em>Telescopium telescopium</em>&nbsp;of Karachi, Pakistan showed 0% evolutionary divergence with the&nbsp;<em>T. telescopium</em>&nbsp;of Goa and Kerala, India and maximum distance 45% with&nbsp;<em>T. telescopium</em>&nbsp;of Bangladesh. This investigation confirmed the morphological and molecular identification of&nbsp;<em>T. telescopium</em> for the first time from Karachi, Pakistan.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=Fish-20-0012"
}]