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Towards an eDNA assay for decapodiform cephalopods
expand article infoGustavo Sanchez‡, Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez§
‡ Graduate School of Integrated Science for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan
§ Ryan Institute and School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
Corresponding author: Gustavo Sanchez (gus.sanchez.s89@gmail.com)
Received: 25 Feb 2021 | Published: 04 Mar 2021
© 2021 Gustavo Sanchez, Fernando Fernández-Álvarez
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Citation: Sanchez G, Fernández-Álvarez FÁ (2021) Towards an eDNA assay for decapodiform cephalopods. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 4: e65037. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.4.e65037
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Abstract

Assessing the distribution and diversity of cephalopods using traditional approaches (standard fishing, market collection, and DNA barcoding) is time-consuming. Environmental DNA (eDNA) assays are non-invasive, fast, and can capture the diversity of the species of interest using a specific primer-set. For Cephalopods, standardization of such primers has been challenging because of a poor database of several markers, and the absence of complete mitochondrial genomes for its design. In this fast-talk, I will briefly talk about our new 87 complete mitochondrial genomes from specimens correctly identify and with museum vouchers, and how these mitogenomes promise to resolve the database limitation for eDNA assays in decapodiform cephalopods.

Keywords

Cephalopods, decapodiform, eDNA, mitogenomes

Presenting author

Gustavo Sanchez

Presented at

1st DNAQUA International Conference (March 9-11, 2021)

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