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ArticlePloS one2019

Assembling a DNA barcode reference library for the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Pakistan.

Muhammad Ashfaq, Gergin Blagoev, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Arif M Khan, Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar, Saleem Akhtar, Abida Butt, Shahid Mansoor, Paul D N Hebert

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Muhammad AshfaqCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1351-4126
Gergin BlagoevCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Hafiz Muhammad TahirDepartment of Zoology, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Arif M KhanDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Muhammad Khalid MukhtarDepartment of Zoology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Saleem AkhtarDirectorate of Entomology, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Abida ButtDepartment of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Shahid MansoorNational Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Paul D N HebertCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
University of Guelph · CAUniversity of Sargodha · PKAyub Agriculture Research Institute · PKGovernment College University, Lahore · PKNational Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering · PKUniversity of the Punjab · PK

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Abstract

Morphological study of 1,795 spiders from sites across Pakistan placed these specimens in 27 families and 202 putative species. COI sequences >400 bp recovered from 1,782 specimens were analyzed using neighbor-joining trees, Bayesian inference, barcode gap, and Barcode Index Numbers (BINs). Specimens of 109 morphological species were assigned to 123 BINs with ten species showing BIN splits, while 93 interim species included representatives of 98 BINs. Maximum conspecific divergences ranged from 0-5.3% while congeneric distances varied from 2.8-23.2%. Excepting one species pair (Oxyopes azhari-Oxyopes oryzae), the maximum intraspecific distance was always less than the nearest-neighbor (NN) distance. Intraspecific divergence values were not significantly correlated with geographic distance. Most (75%) BINs detected in this study were new to science, while those shared with other nations mainly derived from India. The discovery of many new, potentially endemic species and the low level of BIN overlap with other nations highlight the importance of constructing regional DNA barcode reference libraries.

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Gene LibraryAnimalsBayes TheoremDNA Barcoding, TaxonomicPakistanPhylogenyReference StandardsSpiders

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