A novel mini-DNA barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species.
There is a growing need to identify shark products in trade, in part due to the recent listing of five commercially important species on the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES; porbeagle, Lamna nasus, oceanic whitetip, Carcharhinus longimanus scalloped h...
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| author | Andrew T Fields Debra L Abercrombie Rowena Eng Kevin Feldheim Demian D Chapman |
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| description | There is a growing need to identify shark products in trade, in part due to the recent listing of five commercially important species on the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES; porbeagle, Lamna nasus, oceanic whitetip, Carcharhinus longimanus scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, smooth hammerhead, S. zygaena and great hammerhead S. mokarran) in addition to three species listed in the early part of this century (whale, Rhincodon typus, basking, Cetorhinus maximus, and white, Carcharodon carcharias). Shark fins are traded internationally to supply the Asian dried seafood market, in which they are used to make the luxury dish shark fin soup. Shark fins usually enter international trade with their skin still intact and can be identified using morphological characters or standard DNA-barcoding approaches. Once they reach Asia and are traded in this region the skin is removed and they are treated with chemicals that eliminate many key diagnostic characters and degrade their DNA ("processed fins"). Here, we present a validated mini-barcode assay based on partial sequences of the cytochrome oxidase I gene that can reliably identify the processed fins of seven of the eight CITES listed shark species. We also demonstrate that the assay can even frequently identify the species or genus of origin of shark fin soup (31 out of 50 samples). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e47c0fe3e3474ba99c5a9003ad2c5fb92022-12-22T03:49:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01102e011484410.1371/journal.pone.0114844A novel mini-DNA barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species.Andrew T FieldsDebra L AbercrombieRowena EngKevin FeldheimDemian D ChapmanThere is a growing need to identify shark products in trade, in part due to the recent listing of five commercially important species on the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES; porbeagle, Lamna nasus, oceanic whitetip, Carcharhinus longimanus scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, smooth hammerhead, S. zygaena and great hammerhead S. mokarran) in addition to three species listed in the early part of this century (whale, Rhincodon typus, basking, Cetorhinus maximus, and white, Carcharodon carcharias). Shark fins are traded internationally to supply the Asian dried seafood market, in which they are used to make the luxury dish shark fin soup. Shark fins usually enter international trade with their skin still intact and can be identified using morphological characters or standard DNA-barcoding approaches. Once they reach Asia and are traded in this region the skin is removed and they are treated with chemicals that eliminate many key diagnostic characters and degrade their DNA ("processed fins"). Here, we present a validated mini-barcode assay based on partial sequences of the cytochrome oxidase I gene that can reliably identify the processed fins of seven of the eight CITES listed shark species. We also demonstrate that the assay can even frequently identify the species or genus of origin of shark fin soup (31 out of 50 samples).http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4315593?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Andrew T Fields Debra L Abercrombie Rowena Eng Kevin Feldheim Demian D Chapman A novel mini-DNA barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species. PLoS ONE |
| title | A novel mini-DNA barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species. |
| title_full | A novel mini-DNA barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species. |
| title_fullStr | A novel mini-DNA barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel mini-DNA barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species. |
| title_short | A novel mini-DNA barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species. |
| title_sort | novel mini dna barcoding assay to identify processed fins from internationally protected shark species |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4315593?pdf=render |
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