Abstract
Genetic Characterization and Sequence Variations in 12S rRNA of Mitochondrial Gene in Three Indian Civets (Viverridae) Species: Implication in Wildlife Forensics
Highlights
Viverridae (Order: Carnivora; Suborder: Feliformia) are cat – like animals and consists of 18 genera and 34 species [1]
Fixed-state forensically informative nucleotide sequencing (FINS) were identified for the family and species level, and these nucleotides were found at the positions of 535 and 545 (Table 2) according to complete genome of the dog and peaks were unambiguous (Figure 1)
Observed fixed state FINS and genetic distance based topology of the mitochondrial genome of 12S, 16S, and cytochrome b (Cyt b) have widely been used in identifying species as large data sets of different species are available at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), USA [44,45]
Summary
Viverridae (Order: Carnivora; Suborder: Feliformia) are cat – like animals and consists of 18 genera and 34 species [1]. These species display greater ecological diversification regarding trophic specialization and substrate use than any other family of carnivore [2]. They are considered as an important keystone species because of their position in the food chain as they feed on a variety of invertebrates, small vertebrates, and plant part [2,3,4,5]. The masked palm civet or Himalayan palm civet, (Paguma larvata) is a medium-sized mammal, and it is native to a regions extending throughout the Himalayas and from Assam southward to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula Borneo, Sumatra, and the Andaman Islands [12,13,14]
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