The PCR amplify and sequences analysis of 18S rRNA gene of
Ruditapes philippinarum
Abstract: The genome DNA was extracted from the adductor muscle of Ruditapes philippinarum with the method of CTAB. Three primers was designed according to the conversation of 18S gene sequences, which was used in the PCR. Then the sequence was sequenced in both direction and by using SeqMan software in DNAstar Package ,the sequences was assembled to get the complete sequence of 18S ribosomal RNA gene. The 18S gene could be ascertain by carring out BLAST on the NCBI web site. The result showed that length of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene of Ruditapes philippinarum is 1833 bp , in which A account for 23.95% , G accounts for 27.61% , C accounts for 24.22% , T accounts for 24.22%, A + T = 48.17%, C +G = 51.83%. Compared with other available 18S gene of Bivalvia species by MegAlign software, it was find out that the 18S ribosomal RNA gene of Ruditapes philippinarum has a high congenetic with Dosinia corrugate ,Venus verrucosa , Cyclina sinensis and Corbicula fluminea ,which were all in Veneroida. The phylogenetic tree showed that Veneroida has a closer relationship with Myoida than Pterioida. In conclusion, they all have a high homology above 85%, which further proofed that the 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences is very conservative.