aTBP: A versatile tool for fish genotyping

PLoS One. 2020 Aug 4;15(8):e0237111. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237111. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Animal Tubulin-Based-Polymorphism (aTBP), an intron length polymorphism method recently developed for vertebrate genotyping, has been successfully applied to the identification of several fish species. Here, we report data that demonstrate the ability of the aTBP method to assign a specific profile to fish species, each characterized by the presence of commonly shared amplicons together with additional intraspecific polymorphisms. Within each aTBP profile, some fragments are also recognized that can be attributed to taxonomic ranks higher than species, e.g. genus and family. Versatility of application across different taxonomic ranks combined with the presence of a significant number of DNA polymorphisms, makes the aTBP method an additional and useful tool for fish genotyping, suitable for different purposes such as species authentication, parental recognition and detection of allele variations in response to environmental changes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fish Proteins / genetics*
  • Fishes / genetics*
  • Genotyping Techniques / methods*
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Tubulin / genetics*

Substances

  • Fish Proteins
  • Tubulin

Grants and funding

This work was partially supported by the FHfFC (Future Home for Future Communications) project funded by Regione Lombardia. DB was the recipient. GA: FHfFC 2016 There was no additional external funding received for this study and the funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.