• Journal of Life Science
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• v.30 no.12
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• pp.1063-1069
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• 2020

Two crucian carp species (Carassius auratus and C. cuvieri) inhabit Lake Yedang in South Korea, and C. auratus is known to be native to Korea. Classification of these two freshwater fish species is often confused because of their morphological similarity. To distinguish the two species, we conducted phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of C. auratus and C. cuvieri based on their mitochondrial DNA sequences of the cytochrome b gene (CYTB). We also compared our partial CYTB sequence (<1,056 bp) with 10 Chinese, nine Japanese, and two Russian crucian carp fishes. The results of our phylogenetic analysis showed that C. auratus and C. cuvieri were clearly divided into two phylogroups. The nucleotide diversity (π) of C. auratus from Korea, China, and Japan showed a range of 0.146%~0.421%, while the range of π of C. cuvieri from Korea and Japan was lower than those of C. auratus (0.0%~0.054%). Moreover, the comparison of CYTB divergence among crucian carp fishes in China, Japan, and Korea indicated that Korean Carassius fishes were distantly related to those from China and Japan, with two exceptions: the pairwise Fst value between Korean C. auratus and northern Chinese C. auratus was not significantly different. In addition, no significant genetic divergence between Korean and Japanese C. cuvieri was detected. We conclude that, despite the morphological similarities, C. auratus and C. cuvieri should be considered as separate freshwater fish resources in conservation efforts for genetic diversity.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.637-650
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• 2006

Genomic DNA isolated from two crucian carp species obtained from Yesan (Carassius auratus) and Dangjin (Carassius cuvieri) in Korea were amplified at several times by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The amplified products were separated by agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE) with oligonucleotides decamer primer and stained with ethidium bromide. The seven arbitrarily selected primers OPC-11, OPC-14, OPC-18, OPD- 02, OPD-11, OPD-15 and OPD-20 generated the shared loci by each species, the polymorphic and specific loci. The seven primers generated the total 458 loci that can be scored from the crucian carp obtained in C. auratus species. 358 fragments were generated from the species obtained in C. cuvieri species. The size of DNA fragments varies from 150 to 1,600bp. The complexity of the banding patterns varies dramatically between the primers and two locations. In this study, 458 loci were identified in the crucian carp species from Yesan and 358 in the crucian carp species from Dangjin: 84 polymorphic loci (18.3%) in the C. auratus species and 48 (13.4%) in the C. cuvieri species. 154 shared loci by each species, the average 22 per primer, were observed in the C. auratus species and 187 loci, the average 26.7 per primer, in the Dangjin species. Based on the average bandsharing (BS) values of all samples, the similarity matrix ranged from 0.434 to 0.868 in the C. auratus species and from 0.449 to 0.924 in the C. cuvieri species. The average BS value was 0.641±0.013 within the C. auratus species and 0.684±0.013 within the C. cuvieri species. The average BS value between two crucian carp species 0.484 ± 0.007, ranged from 0.307 to 0.682. The BS value between the individual No. 09 and No. 16 was 0.682, which was the highest between two crucian carp species. Compared separately, the BS value of individuals within the C. cuvieri species was higher than the C. auratus species. The dendrogram obtained by the seven primers, indicates three genetic clusters: cluster 1 (AURATUS No. 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 and 11), cluster 2 (CUVIERI No. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21) and cluster 3 (CUVIERI no. 22). The shortest genetic distance displaying significant molecular difference was between the individual AURATUS No. 09 and AURATUS No. 08 from Yesan (genetic distance=0.064). The longest genetic distance displaying significant molecular differences was between the individual CUVIERI No. 17 and AURATUS No. 11 between two crucian carp species (0.477). RAPD-PCR analysis has revealed the significant genetic distance between two crucian carp species pairs.(Key words: Carassius auratus, Carassius cuvieri, Crucian Carp, DNA Polymorphism, Genetic Distance)

• Journal of fish pathology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.137-142
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• 2000

Differences in larvicidal activity of complement and chemiluminescent response of phagocytes in carp (Cyprinus carpio), crucian carp (Carassius auratus) and false dace (Pseudorasbora parva) against excysted metacercariae of Clonorchis sinensis were investigated. The prevalence of C. sinensis metacercariae of false daces caught at Nakdong river (NR) was 100%. However, no C. sinensis metacercariae were found in false daces, which were collected at a reservoir in Chinyoung (CY), crucian carps and carps. The sera of false dace, which were intensively infected with C. sinensis metacercariae, killed excysted metacercariae of C. sinensis more readily than that of carp. However, the serum obtained from C. sinensis metacercariae-free false dace showed the lowest larvicidal ability. The larvicidal ability of sera collected from each fish species completely disappeared when the complement was inactivated by heating. When supernatant of excysted metacercariae homogenate were added to phagocytes of each species, the chemiluminescent responses were significantly (p<0.05) diminished in false dace and carp. The inhibition ratio of chemiluminescent responses by the supernatant was 22.9% in false dace, 9.6% in crucian carp and 12.4% in carp.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.353-357
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• 2004

난황단백질인 비탈로제닌을 성숙한 암컷 붕어 혈청으로부터 음이온 교환 크로마토그래피를 이용하여 정제 하였다. 정제한 비탈로제닌을 BALB/c mice를 이용하여 폴리크로날 항체를 생산하였고 이를 protein A column을 사용하여 정제하였다. 또한 이렇게 정제된 폴리크로날 항체를 이용한 붕어 비탈로제닌 측정용 효소면역측정법을 개발하였으며 그 측정 범위는 2∼l,000ng/mL이고 recovery 변동 범위는 88∼112%였다. 또한 이 효소면역측정법을 평가하기 위해 성숙한 수컷 붕어를 1,000ng/L ethinylestradiol(EE$_2$) 에 4주 동안 노출시켜 유도되어지는 비텔로제닌을 측정하였다. 그 결과 성숙한 수컷 붕어의 경우 비탈로제닌이 3주 만에 암컷 붕어의 평균수치만큼 유도됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.171-176
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• 2023

The olfactory organ of Carassius auratus and C. cuvieri was compared morphologically and morphometrically using stereomicroscopy and statistical program (SPSS version 18.0). The external morphology of the olfactory organ consists of the open semicircular anterior and posterior nostril, and nasal flap. The internal structure showed the oval rosette consisting of several lamellae arranged radiately. In statistical analysis of standard length (SL), olfactory lamellar number (LN), and SL/LN ratio between two species using independent two sample t-test and Pearson's correlation and coefficient, C. cuvieri is the longer SL than that of C. auratus and C. auratus LN (14~20) is lager than that of C. cuvieri (14~16) (P<0.001) and C. auratus LN/SL ratio (12.7±0.7%) is larger than that of C. cuvieri (8.2±0.6%). These results suggest that i) open semicircular nostrils is functional morphology to offset the boundary layer and ii) the lager LN of smaller C. auratus may be a morphological adaptation to reflect its higher olfactory dependence than C. cuvieri and iii) such interspecific difference in LN and LN/SL ratio could be applied as a new taxonomic trait for identification.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2003.11b
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• pp.381-383
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• 2003

유기염소계농약류 25종을 분석한 결과 HCHs(4종, endosulfan(2종), octachlorostyrene은 모든 시료에서 검출되지 않았으며 trans-nonachlor, heptachlor는 각각 한 지점의 붕어에서 검출되었고 나머지는 검출되지 않았다. Chlordane의 경우 두 이성질체가 한 지점의 붕어에서 검출되었고, DDT는 6개 이성질체 중 p,p’-DDT와 p,p’-DDD가 한 지점의 붕어에서 검출되었으며 o,p’-DDT는 한 지점의 황소개구리에서 검출되었다. 그 외의 이성질체는 모든 시료에서 검출되지 않았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.407-408
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• 2004

Dioxin-like PCBs를 분석한 결과 붕어와 황소개구리 모든 시료에서 검출되었으며, 최대값은 붕어에서 1.917 pg-TEQ/g으로서 황소개구리의 최대값 0.399 pg-TEQ/g보다 다소 높게 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2003.11b
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• pp.377-378
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• 2003

Co-planar PCBs를 분석한 결과 붕어와 양서류 모두 전 지점에서 검출되었으며, 최대값은 황소개구리에서 1.622 pg-TEQ/g으로서 붕어의 최대값 0.974 pg-TEQ/g 보다 높게 나타났다.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.589-594
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• 2002

Natural clonal stock of triploid crucian carp, Carassius aurahs was identified and its cytogenetic, molecular genetic and morphological traits were studied. Cytogenetic analysis of the clonal crucian carp revealed that they were natural triploidy, evidenced by 1.5-fold increases of cell size, DNA content, and chromosome number. Multi-locus DNA fingerprinting using $(GATA)_4$ probe showed that they had an identical fingerprint profile, indicating the clonal propagation of the population. External morphology and morphometric characteristics of triploid individuals were much uniform compared to those of diploids. Natural triploid crucian carp was proven to be all-female in this study.

• River and Culture
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.62-63
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• 2008