Judul: Validation of the Red-Eared Slider Turtle Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839) Traded in Bogor Based on Cytochrome Oxydase Subunit I (COI) Gene Markers
Abstrak: Kura-kura Brazil Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Nuwied, 1839), termasuk hewan introduksi semi akuatik di Indonesia. Namun, keberadaannya dikhawatirkan dapat mengancam spesies lokal akibat pelepasliaran di perairan bebas. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk validasi secara molekuler spesies kura-kura Brazil (Trachemys scripta elegans) di wilayah Bogor, Jawa Barat yang didasarkan pada marka gen COI. Metode yang digunakan meliputi isolasi dan ekstraksi DNA, elektroforesis, amplifikasi, serta sekuensing. Analisis data berupa analisis morfologi, pensejajaran nukleotida, validasi fragmen COI, perhitungan jarak genetik, konstruksi pohon filogenetik, dan keragaman haplotype. Hasil didapat berupa 11 DNA target yang memiliki jarak genetik < 3% dengan Trachemys scripta elegans, hubungan kekerabatan yang dekat dengan Trachemys scripta elegans, serta keragaman haplotype yang sedang. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa sampel berpotensi menjadi invasif jika dilepasliarkan secara bebas dan tervalidasi dengan Trachemys scripta elegans berdasarkan identifikasi molekuler.
Keyword: gen COI, identifikasi molekuler, T. scripta elegans

Judul: Analisis Kekerabatan Genetik Labi-Labi Bengkulu (Pelochelys cantorii) Berdasarkan Gen 12S rRNA Pada Mitokondria
Abstrak: Pelochelys cantorii merupakan salah satu spesies kura-kura air tawar besar yang dikenal dengan labi-labi raksasa asia dari famili Trionichidae dan ordo Testudines. Pelochelys cantorii dilaporkan telah mengalami penurunan populasi disebabkan adanya eksploitasi berlebih, fragmentasi habitat dan juga sering tertangkap tidak sengaja oleh nelayan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah memastikan spesies Pelochelys cantorii yang tertangkap di Bengkulu menggunakan gen 12S rRNA dan menganalisis posisi filogenetiknya dengan beberapa spesies kura-kura yang lain. Sampel DNA diekstraksi dari darah 2 ekor labi-labi (P1 dan P2) yang tertangkap di Bengkulu. Ruas gen 12S rRNA diamplifikasi dengan mesin PCR kemudian runutan nukleotidanya disekuensing. Hasil sekuensing gen 12S rRNA sampel P1 dan P2 masing-masing 959 bp dan 901 bp, dan setelah dilakukan alignment dengan beberapa spesies kura-kura yang lain diperoleh panjang DNA sebesar 950 bp (ada gap). Hasil alignment menunjukkan bahwa jarak genetik terhadap P. cantorii dengan NC015825 sebesar 0.007 dan 0.012 masing-masing P1 dan P2. Hasil rekontruksi pohon filogeni dengan metode Neighbour Joining menempatkan Pelochelys dalam satu klad dengan labi-labi raksasa yang lain, yaitu Chitra indica., Pelochelys cantorii is one of large freshwater turtle species known as the Asian giant turtle from the Trionichidae family and the order of Testudines. Pelochelys cantorii has been reported of experienced a decrease number of population caused by large exploitations, habitat fragmentation, and also unplanned caught by fisherman. The result of this study is to analyze the pelochelys cantorii using 12S rRNA and the filogenetic position with other turtles species. The DNA samples were extracted from 2 tutles (P1 and P2) that caught in Bengkulu. The 12S rRNA gene segment was amplified using PCR technique and sequenced the nucleotides materials. The results for each samples are 959 bp for P1 and 901 bp for P2, after aligning them with several turtles species, the DNA length was 950 bp (gap). The alignment results show that the genetic distance to P. cantorii with NC015825 is 0.007 and 0.012 respectively P1 and P2. The rescontruction of phylogenetic tree were using Neighbour Joining method by placing the Pelochelys into one clad with the giant turtle, named Chitra indica.
Keyword: 12S rRNA gene, Pelochelys cantorii, genetic kinship

Judul: Dynamic New Keynesian Model for Unemployment and Inflation Rate.
Abstrak: This paper deals with a scientific analysis of the equilibrium level of hiring, employment and unemployment. The basic model being used is a standard new Keynesian model, which states that utility function depends on consumptions and working hours. Utility maximization refers to a standard labour supply equation, with the marginal cost’s dynamics on new Keynesian model simply reflects movements in real wages and productivity. Furthermore, trade-off between output and inflation stabilization can be considered using the new Keynesian Phillips curve. Dynamic general equilibrium model is a model that can be used to study interactions between market imperfections and nominal rigidities, which is capable of overcoming the main shortcoming of the standard new Keynesian model. In the general equilibrium model there are three groups of the economy agents, namely households, firms and monetary authority. The results of this research science that bargaining processes between firms and workers will yield optimal wage. Increase in labour will cause wages to fall, but the unemployment rate can be reduced. An increase in the firm’s monopoly power will shift the labour demand curve downward, which will reduce the number of workers that firm is willing to hire for any given bargained wage.
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