Identification of Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis) meat by diagnostic PCR of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Yan, Peng ^a   Wu, Xiao Bing ^a   Shi, Yan ^a   Gu, Chang Ming ^b   Wang, Ren Ping ^c   Wang, Chao Ling ^c  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Forestry Department   (China)

^c Anhui Res Ctr Chinese Alligator R   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese alligator; Identification; Meat; Multiplex PCR; Species specific primers

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR SINENSIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 4143148675     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Abdulmawjood A., Buelte M. Identification of Ostrich meat by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of cytochrome b gene. J. Food Sci. 5(67):2002;1688-1691
2. Baker C.S., Palumbi S.R. Which whales are hunted? A molecular genetic approach to monitoring whaling. Science. 265:1994;1538-1539
3. Bellis C., Ashton K.J., Freney L., Blair B., Griffiths L.R. A molecular genetic approach for forensic animal species identification. Forensic Sci. Int. 134:2003;99-108
4. Bottero M.T., Civera T., Anastasio A., Turi R.M., Rosati S. Identification of cow's milk in "buffalo" cheese by duplex polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Food Protection. 65:2002;362-366
5. Bottero M.T., Civera T., Nucera D., Rosati S., Sacchi P., Turi R.M. A multiplex polymerase chain reaction for the identification of cows', goats' and sheep's milk in dairy products. Int. Dairy J. 13:2003;277-282
6. Chang K.C., Beuzena N.D., Hallb A.D. Identification of microsatellites in expressed muscle genes: assessment of a desmin (CT) dinucleotide repeat as a marker for meat quality. Vet. J. 165(2):2003;157-163
7. Chapman D.D., Abercrombie D.L., Douady C.J., Pikitch E.K., Stanhope M.J., Shivji M.S. A streamlined, bi-organelle, multiplex PCR approach to species identification: Application to global conservation and trade monitoring of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Conservation Genetics. 4:2003;415-425
8. Cronin M.A., Palmisciano D.A., Vyse E.R., Cameron D.G. Mitochondrial DNA in wildlife froensic science: species identification of tissues. Wildlife Soc. Bull. 19:1991;94-105
9. DeSalle R., Birstein V.J. PCR identification of black caviar. Nature. 381:1996;197-198
10. Dizon, A., Baker, C.S., Cipriano, F., Lento, G., Palsboll, P., Reeves, R., 2000. Molecular genetic identification of whales, dolphins and porpoises. In: Proceedings of a workshop on the forensic use of molecular techniques to identify wildlife products in the marketplace. La Jolla, California: NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-286
11. Hare M.P., Palumbi S.R., Butman C.A. Single-step species identification of bivalve larvae using mulitiplex polymerase chain reaction. Mar. Biol. 137:2000;953-961
12. Hsieh H.M., Huang L.H., Tsai L.C., Kuo Y.C., Meng H.H., Linacre A., Lee J.C. Species identification of rhinoceros horns using the cytochrome b gene. Forensic Sci. Int. 136:2003;1-11
13. Jelden D. International regulation and trade as a factor in the conservation of the Chinese alligator. Status Quo and Future Of Conservation for Chinese alligator and Crocodiles in the World. 2002;Chinese Forestry Press, Beijing. pp. 310-325
14. Kocher T.D., Thomas W.K., Meyer A., Edwards S.V., Pääbo S., Villablanca F.X., Wilson W.C. Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: amplification and sequencing with conserved primers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 86:1989;6196-6200
15. Koh M.C., Lim C.H., Chua S.B., Chew S.T., Phang S.T.W. Random amplified polymorphic PCR (RAPD) fingerprints for identification of red meat animals species. Meat Sci. 48:1998;275-285
16. Kumar S., Tamura K., Jakobsen I.B., Nei M. MEGA2: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Software. 2001;Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
17. Levin B.C., Cheng H., Reeder D.J. A human mitochondrial DNA standard reference material for quality control in forensic identification, medical diagnosis, and mutation detection. Genomics. 55:1999;135-146
18. Liu Z.Q., Wang Y.Q., Zhou K.Y., Han D.M., Yang X.G., Liu X.H. Authentication of Chinese crude drug, gecko, by allele-specific diagnostic PCR. Planta Med. 67:2001;1-3
19. Liu Z.Q., Wang Y.Q., Zhou K.Y. Authentication of TCM Carapax Trionycis by allele-specific diagnostic polymerase chain reaction. Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs. 8(32):2001;736-738
20. Long E.D., David I.B. Repeated genes in eukaryotes. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 49:1980;727-764
21. McVeigh H.P., Bartlett S.E., Davidson W.S. Polymerase chain reaction/direct sequence analysis of the cytochrome b gene in Salmo salar. Aquaculture. 95(2):1991;225-233
22. Meyer R., Hofelein C., Luthy J., Candrian U. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis: a simple method for species identification in food. J. AOAC. 78(6):1995;1542-1551
23. Pank M., Stanhope M., Natanson L., Kohler N., Shivji M. Rapid and simultaneous identification of body parts from the morphologically similar sharks Carcharhinus obscurus and Carcharhinus plumbeus (Carcharhinidae) using multiplex PCR. Mar. Biotechnol. 3:2001;231-240
24. Rodriguez M.A., Garcia T., Gonzalez I., Asensio L., Mayoral B., Lopez-Calleja I., Hernandez P.E., Martin R. Identification of goose, mule duck, chicken, turkey, and swine in fore gars by species-specific polymerase chain reaction. J. Agric. Food Chem. 51(6):2003;1524-1529
25. Roman J., Bowen B.W. The mock turtle syndrome: genetic identification of turtle meat purchased in the southeastern United States of America. Anim. Conserv. 3:2000;61-65
26. Ross H.A., Lento G.M., Dalebout M.L., Goode M., Ewing G., Mclaren P., Rodrigo A.G., Lavery S., Baker C.S. DNA Surveillance: web-based molecular identification of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. J. Hered. 94:2003;111-114
27. Sambrook J., Fritsch E.F., Maniatis T. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. second ed.:1989;Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York
28. Sanjuan A., Comesana A.S. Molecular identification of nine commercial flatfish species by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of a segment of the cytochrome b region. J. Food Prot. 65(6):2002;1016-1023
29. Shi Y., Wu X.B., Yan P., Zhao Z. A method for DNA extraction from tannage and scales of Chinese alligator Alligator sinensis. Acta Zoologica Sinica. 50(2):2004;297-301
30. Shivji M., Clarke S., Pank M., Natanson L., Kohler N., Stanhope M. Genetic identification of Pelagic shark body parts for conservation and trade monitoring. Conserv. Biol. 16(4):2002;1036-1047
31. Tang S.Y., Fu W., Chen Y.J., Wang J.Y., Jiang X., Zhang Y.P. Research on the identification of Cornus Cervi Pantotrichum with molecular taxonomy. Chin. Pharm. J. 4(37):2002;258-260
32. Thompson, J.D., Higgins, D.G., Gibson, T.J., 1999. CLUSTAL X multiple sequence alignment program, version 1.8
33. Thorbjarnarson J.B. Crocodile tears and skins: international trade, economic constraints, and limits to the sustainable use of crocodilians. Conserv. Biol. 6(13):1999;465-470
34. Wan Q.H., Fang S.G. Application of species-specific polymerase chain reaction in the forensic identification of tiger species. Forensic Sci. Int. 131:2003;75-78
35. Wan, Z., Gu, C., Wang, X., Wang, C., 1998. Conservation, management and farming of crocodiles in China. In: Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 14th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. pp.80-100
36. Webb, G., Vernon, B., 1992. Crocodilian Management in the People's China at the 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of CITES to Register the first Commercial Captive Breeding Operation for the Chinese Alligator, Alligator sinensis, Kyoto, Japan, 2-13 March 1992
37. Wetton J.H., Tsang C.S.F., Roney C.A., Spriggs A.C. An extremely sensitive species-specific ARMS PCR test for the presence of tiger bone DNA. Forensic Sci. Int. 126:2002;137-144
38. Wu X.B., Chen B.H. The number and value of Alligator sinensis resource and current situation of its exploitation and utilization. J. Nat. Resour. 2(14):1999;183-187