European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the phylogenetic relationship of Vietnamese mouse deer from the
Southern ofVietnam using cytochrome b. Eleven mouse deer samples (CT1 to CT9, and LD1-
LD2)from Lam Dong Province and Cat Tien National Park of DongNaiProvince were used
for this investigation. The sequence analysis revealed 37 polymorphic sites,in which 13
variable positions (14328, 14337, 14400, 14427, 14436, 14466, 14523, 14526, 14530, 14537,
14541, 14544, 14550) were observed in Vietnamese mouse deer.Moreover,Vietnamese mouse
deer showed the lowest genetic distance withTragulusjavanicus (0.031 ± 0.014)compared
toTragulusnapu (0.051 ± 0.022)andTraguluskanchil (0.035 ± 0.016). Phylogenetic tree
building showed that Vietnamese mouse deer were clustered in distinct group with 100%
bootstrap probability. In addition, the variable position at 14325 (A  G) contributed to the
separation of CT2, CT4, CT7, and CT8 in one group with 64% bootstrap probability.