Study on genetic variability of etak kera (marcia japonica) using RAFD-PCR technique

Abstract

Etak kera (Marcia japonica) is one of edible bivalve which not normally known in Malaysia. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) in association with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) employed in this study to determine the genetic variability and genetic database relationship among individual within and between populations of M japonica from Pulau Che' Him and Pulau Semut, Setiu Wetland, Terengganu.