Development and validation of a mixed-tissue oligonucleotide DNA microarray for Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The largest of the tuna species, Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), inhabits the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and is considered to be an endangered species, largely a consequence of overfishing. T. thynnus aquaculture, referred to as fattening or farming, is a capture based activity dependent on yearly renewal from the wild. Thus, the development of aquaculture practices independent of wild resources can provide an important contribution towards ensuring security and sustainability of this species in the longer-term. The development of such practices is today greatly assisted by large scale transcriptomic studies.

Results

We have used pyrosequencing technology to sequence a mixed-tissue normalised cDNA library, derived from adult T. thynnus

SUBMITTER: Trumbic Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4659210 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature