GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SUMATRAN ELEPHANTS IN SEBLAT NATURAL ECOTOURISM PARK BASED ON PARTIAL OF MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME B GENE

SIPRIYADI; YANSEN; ARDEA  BUJANA; ENI  SURYANTI; MUHAMMAD  CAHYADI; RICHI YULIAVIAN  KUSMINANTO; CHOIRUL  MUSLIM; TETI  NAIBAHO; MONICA  ANGGRAINI

doi:10.55230/mabjournal.v51i3.2238

Authors

SIPRIYADI
sipriyadi@unib.ac.id
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bengkulu University
YANSEN Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bengkulu University
ARDEA BUJANA Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Papua University
ENI SURYANTI Nature Conservation Agency Bengkulu
MUHAMMAD CAHYADI Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Sebelas Maret University
RICHI YULIAVIAN KUSMINANTO Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Sebelas Maret University
CHOIRUL MUSLIM Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bengkulu University
TETI NAIBAHO Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bengkulu University
MONICA ANGGRAINI Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bengkulu University

Keywords:

Cytochrome b, genetic diversity, mitochondrial DNA, Sumatran elephant

Abstract

Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus Temminck, 1847) is one of the Asian elephant sub-species distributed in Sumatera Island and classified as endangered species due to hunting and high habitat fragmentation. This study aimed to analyze the genetic relationship of Sumatran elephants based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (Cyt b). Blood samples were collected from 11 elephants in Seblat Natural Ecotourism Park. Based on mt-DNA Cytochrome b gene analysis, low genetic diversity was found in the Sumatran elephant population, indicated by 99-100% sequence similarity among elephant samples. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all elephants were in the same clade and has a close relationship with Borneo elephants. Additionally, the Median-joining network illustrated only two haplotypes in the Sumatran elephant population. The low genetic diversity of the Sumatran elephant indicates that a strategic breeding program should be seriously taken into account to prevent the Sumatran elephant from extinction.

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