Peptide mass fingerprinting of preserved collagen in archaeological fish bones for the identification of flatfish in European waters.

ABSTRACT: Bones of Pleuronectiformes (flatfish) are often not identified to species due to the lack of diagnostic features on bones that allow adequate distinction between taxa. This hinders in-depth understanding of archaeological fish assemblages and particularly flatfish fisheries throughout history. This is especially true for the North Sea region, where several commercially significant species have been exploited for centuries, yet their archaeological remains continue to be understudied. In this research, eight peptide biomarkers for 18 different species of Pleuronectiformes from European waters are described using MALDI-TOF MS and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry data obtained from modern reference specimens. Bone samples (n = 202) from three archaeological sites in the U

SUBMITTER: Dierickx K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326269 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature