Molecular Characterization Artemia Franciscana Kellogg 1906 in Bakhtegan Lake, Fars Province

Artemia is a small crustacean with high commercial value that provides a valuable model organism for researchers. This creature was dispersed to more than 600 and 18 sites over the world and Iran، respectively، by tolerating extreme range of different environmental conditions. Bakhtegan Lake is one the natural parthenogenetic Artemia habitat in Iran. Due to occurrence of an unknown bisexual Artemia in Bakhtegan Lake، the species of this un-endemic Artemia was inferred. In this regard، four different molecular markers as Na/K ATP-ase، 12S-16Sby PCR-RFLP technique and COI، HSP26 by were studied. The DNA was provided from the harvested cysts and reared adult Artemia in laboratory conditions. The results with emphasizing to ability of molecular techniques for identifying unknown species characterized the new population as A. franciscana. These analyses also revealed a molecular diversity between the sequenced genes with the all data found in the Genbank.