Blood puncture as a nondestructive sampling tool to obtain DNA in frogs: Comparison of protocols and survival analysis

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 470-475

  Mendoza, A M ^a   Garcia Ramirez J C ^b   Cardenas Henao H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anurans; Blood puncture; Comparison protocols; DNA extraction; Nondestructive technique; Sampling

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUNCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PUNCTURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS JOHNSTONEI;

EID: 84859572658     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03107.x     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Allendorf FW, Hohenlohe PA, Luikart G (2010) Genomics and the future of conservation genetics. Nature Reviews, 11, 697-709.
2. Arter HE (1990) Spatial relationship and gene flow paths between populations of the alpine snail Arianta arbustorum (Pulmonata: Helicidae). Evolution, 44, 966-980.
3. Beebee TJC (2005) Conservation genetics of amphibians. Heredity, 95, 423-427.
4. Beebee TJC, Wilkinson JW, Buckleyi J (2009) Amphibian declines are not uniquely among the vertebrates: trend determination and the British perspective. Diversity, 1, 67-88.
5. Berger L, Speare R, Daszak P et al. (1998) Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rainforests of Australia and Central America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 92, 9031-9036.
6. Borisenko AV, Lim BK, Ivanova NV, Hanner RH, Hebert PDN (2008) DNA barcoding in surveys of small mammals communities: a field study in Suriname. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8, 471-479.
7. Broquet T, Berset-Braendli L, Emaresi G, Luca F (2007) Buccal swabs allow efficient and reliable microsatellite genotyping in amphibians. Conservation Genetics, 8, 509-511.
8. ® para la especie Cavia porcellus Lin. (Rodentia: Caviidae). Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 20, 67-71.
9. Canestrelli D, Cimmaruta R, Nascetti G (2008) Population genetic structure and diversity of the Apennine endemic stream frog, Rana italica- insights on the Pleistocene evolutionary history of the Italian peninsular biota. Molecular Ecology, 17, 3856-3872.
10. Cawthorn DM, Steinman HA, Witthunn RC (2011) Comparative study of different methods for the extraction of DNA from fish species commercially available in South Africa. Food Control, 22, 231-244.
11. Davis TM, Ovaska DK (2001) Individual recognition of amphibians: effects of toe clipping and fluorescent tagging on the salamander Plethodom vehiculum. Journal of Herpetology, 35, 217-255.
12. Dixo M, Metzger JP, Morgante JS, Zamudio KR (2009) Habitat Fragmentation reduces genetic diversity and connectivity among toad population in the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest. Biological Conservation, 142, 1560-1569.
13. Dolnik OV, Palinauskas V, Bensch S (2009) Individual oocysts of Isospora (Apicompexa: Coccidia) parasites from avian feces: from photo to sequence. Journal of Parasitology, 95, 169-174.
14. Donnelly MA (1999) Reproductive phenology of Eleutherodactylus bransfordii in northeastern Costa Rica. Journal of Herpetology, 33, 624-631.
15. Driscoll DA (1998) Genetic structure, metapopulation processes and evolution influence the conservation strategies from two endangered frog species. Biological Conservation, 83, 43-54.
16. Dubiec A, Zagalska-Neubauer M (2006) Molecular techniques for sex identification in birds. Biological Letters, 43, 3-12.
17. Ellegren H (1992) Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of microsatellites - a new approach to studies of genetic relationships in birds. Auk, 109, 886-895.
18. Elmer KR, Dávila JA, Lougheed SC (2007) Applying new inter-individual approaches to assess fine-scale population genetic diversity in a neotropical frog, Eleutherodactylus ockendeni. Heredity, 2007, 1-10.
19. Frankham R, Ballou JD, Briscoe DA (2002) Introduction to Conservation Genetics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
20. Goldberg CS, Waits LP (2010) Comparative landscape genetics of two pond-breeding amphibian species in a highly modified agricultural landscape. Molecular Ecology, 19, 3650-3663.
21. ® cards to store avian blood samples for genetic studies. Their application in sex determination. Molecular Ecology Notes, 2, 75-77.
22. Haig SM (1998) Molecular contributions to conservation. Ecology, 79, 413-425.
23. Holsbeek G, Mergeay J, Volckaert FAM, De Meester L (2010) Genetic detection of multiple exotic water frog species in Belgium illustrates the need for monitoring and immediate action. Biological invasions, 12, 1459-1463.
24. IUCN (2011) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. Accessed on 14th October 2011.
25. Kaiser H, Barrio-Amoros CL, Trujillo JD, Lynch JD (2002) Expansion of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei in northern South America. Herpetological Review, 33, 290-294.
26. Kawecki TJ, Ebert D (2004) Conceptual issues in local adaptation. Ecology Letters, 7, 1225-1241.
27. Lampert KP, Rand AS, Mueller UG, Ryan MJ (2003) Fine-scale genetic pattern and evidence for sex-biased dispersal in the Túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus. Molecular Ecology, 12, 3325-3333.
28. Lindsey CC (1966) Body sizes poikilotherm vertebrates at different latitudes. Evolution, 20, 456-465.
29. Lips KR, Mendelson JR, Muñoz-Alosno A, Canseco-Márquez L, Mulcahy DG (2004) Amphibian population declines in Montane southern Mexico: resurveys of historical localities. Biological Conservation, 119, 555-564.
30. Lopera-Barrero NM, Ribeiro RP, Sirol RN et al. (2008) Comparison of DNA extraction protocols of fish fin and larvae samples: modified salt (NaCl) extraction. Ciencia e Invetigación Agraria, 35, 65-74.
31. Lucentini L, Palomba A, Lancioni H, Natali M, Panara F (2006) A nondestructive, rapid, reliable and inexpensive method to sample, store and extract high-quality DNA from fish body mucus and buccal cells. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, 257-260.
32. McCarthy MA, Parris KM (2004) Clarifying the effect of toe clipping on frogs with Bayesian statistics. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, 780-786.
33. Ott JA, Scott DE (1999) Effects of toe-clipping and PIT-tagging on growth and survival in metamorphic Ambystoma opacum. Journal of Herpetology, 33, 344-348.
34. Ovaska K (1991) Reproductive Phenology, Population Structure, and Habitat Use of the Frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei in Barbados, West Indies. Journal of Herpetology, 24, 424-430.
35. Palumbi SR, Martin A, Romano S, McMillan WO, Stice L, Grabowski G (1991) The simple fool's guide to PCR, ver. 2.0. Department of Zoology and Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
36. Parris KM, McCarthy MA (2001) Identifying effect of toe clipping on anuran return rates: the importance of statistical power. Amphibia-Reptilia, 22, 275-289.
37. Parris KM, McCall SC, McCarthy MA et al. (2010) Assessing ethical trade-offs in ecological field studies. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47, 227-234.
38. Pidancier N, Miquel C, Miaud C (2003) Buccal swabs as a nondestructive tissue sampling method for DNA analysis in amphibians. Herpetological Journal, 13, 175-178.
39. Pimm SL, Raven P (2000) Extinction by numbers. Nature, 403, 843-845.
40. Poschadel JR, Möller D (2004) A versatile field method for tissue sampling on small reptiles and amphibians, applied to ponds turtles, newts, frogs and toads. Conservation Genetics, 5, 865-867.
41. Pounds JA, Bustamante MR, Coloma LA et al. (2006) Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming. Nature, 439, 161-167.
42. Roberts JL, Brown JL, Von May R, Ariztizabal W, Schulte R, Sumemrs K (2006) Genetic divergence and speciation in lowland and montane Peruvian poison frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41, 149-164.
43. Rohr JR, Raffel TR, Romansic JM, McCallum H, Hudson PJ (2008) Evaluating the links between climate, disease, spread, and amphibian declines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 115, 17436-17441.
44. Smith LM, Burgoyne LA (2004) Collecting, archiving and processing DNA from wildlife samples using FTA databasing paper. BMC Ecology, 4, 4.
45. Smith AL, Gardner MG, Fenner AL, Bull CM (2009) Restricted gene flow in the endangered pygmy bluetongue lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis) in a fragmented agricultural landscape. Wildlife Research, 36, 466-478.
46. Sodhi NS, Bickford D, Ciesmos AC et al. (2008) Measuring the meltdown: drivers of global amphibian extinction and decline. PLoS ONE, 3, E1636.
47. Taberlet R, Walts LP, Luckart G (1999) Noninvasive genetic sampling: look before you leap. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 14, 323-327.
48. Velasquez-E BE, Castro F, Bolivar-G W, Herrera MI (2008) Infección por el hongo Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis en anura de la Cordillera Occidental de Colombia. Herpetotrópicos, 4, 65-70.
49. Vences M, Chiari Y, Raharivololoniaina L, Meyer A (2004) High mitochondrial diversity within and among populations of Malagasy poison frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 30, 295-307.
50. Walsh PS, Metzger DA, Higuchi R (1991) Chelex 100 as a medium for simple extraction of DNA for PCR-based typing from forensic material. BioTechniques, 10, 506-513.
51. Zeisset I, Beebee JC (2001) Determination of biogeographical range: an application of molecular phylogeography to the european pool frog Rana lessonae. Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 268, 933-938.