PENTINGNYA ANALISIS GENETIK DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE RANDOMLY AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHYC DNA (RAPD) UNTUK KONSERVASI GENETIK RUSA TIMOR (CERVUS TIMORENSIS) DI PAPUA
ABSTRACT: The Timor deer
(Cervus timorensis) is one of the important wild animal with population that
have been drastically reduced to small and isolated ones, mainly because of its
over hunting and habitat destruction. The randomly amplified polymorphic DNA
(RAPD) fingerprinting technique, with involves the polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) amplifcation of genomic DNA using a single primer arbitrary nucleotide
sequence has been proven to be a reliable technique for population studies.
Genetic analysis of Timor deer by Randomly Amplified Polymorphyc DNA (RAPD)
technique can using to analyze population divergence, genetic distance within and
between four population such as: Merauke, Manokwari, Jayapura and Fakfak. The
data from analysis are potentially useful for future taxonomic and genetic
study in this species, for monitoring of the genetic variation observed within
these population, and development of management guidelines for its
conservation.
Key words: timor deer, Cervus
timorensis, RAPD, PCR, conservation
Penulis: Agustinus Gatot
Murwanto
Kode Jurnal: jppeternakandd080028
