Koc, HalilSipahi, HulyaYagmur, Ersen Aydin2025-03-232025-03-2320171584-90741842-6441https://hdl.handle.net/11486/7490In this study, DNA sequence diversity of the mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome oxidase 1 (CO1) gene was investigated in Scorpio maurus specimens from across southeastern Turkey. Nucleotide sequences included 508 conserved sites and 126 variable sites, and the mean nucleotide variation within species was 7.9%. Intraspecific pairwise divergences ranged from 0.5% to 10.7%. Phylogenetic analysis indicated high divergence among specimens. This study is the first mtDNA sequence analysis for Turkish scorpions.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessScorpio maurusintraspecific variationmitochondrial DNACO1TurkeyArticle13127332-s2.0-85020512625Q4WOS:000403914500005Q4