Revisiting traditional SSR based methodologies available for elephant genetic studies.

ABSTRACT: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) plays a significant role in natural ecosystems and it is considered as an endangered animal. Molecular genetics studies on elephants' dates back to 1990s. Microsatellite markers have been the preferred choice and have played a major role in ecological, evolutionary and conservation research on elephants over the past 20 years. However, technical constraints especially related to the specificity of traditionally developed microsatellite markers have brought to question their application, specifically when degraded samples are utilized for analysis. Therefore, we analyzed the specificity of 24 sets of microsatellite markers frequently used for elephant molecular work. Comparative wet lab analysis was done with blood and dung DNA in parallel with in silico wor

SUBMITTER: Marasinghe MSLRP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8062488 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature