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Amplicon Sequencing using the Long-Read Sequencing Technologies
Published on: August 29, 2025
A highly flexible and repeatable genotyping method for aquaculture studies based on target amplicon sequencing using
Mana Sato1, Sho Hosoya2, Sota Yoshikawa1,3
1Fisheries Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Hamamatsu, 431-0214, Japan.
Abstract:
Studies using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have become commonplace in genetics and genomics, due to advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies. Since the numbers of required SNPs and samples vary depending on each research goal, genotyping technologies with high flexibility in the number of SNPs/samples and high repeatability have been intensively investigated. For example, the ultrahigh-multiplexed amplicon sequencing, Ion AmpliSeq, has been used as a high-throughput genotyping method mainly for diagnostic purposes. Here, we designed a custom panel targeting 3,187 genome-wide SNPs of fugu, Takifugu rubripes, and applied it for genotyping farmed fugu to test its feasibility in aquaculture studies. We sequenced two libraries consisting of different pools of individuals (n = 326 each) on the Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Consequently, over 99% target regions (3,178 SNPs) were amplified and 2,655 SNPs were available after filtering steps. Strong correlation was observed in the mean depth of coverage of each SNP between duplicate runs (r = 0.993). Genetic analysis using these genotype data successfully detected the known population structure and the sex determining locus of fugu. These results show the method is superior in repeatability and flexibility, and suits genetic studies including molecular breeding, such as marker assisted and genomic selection.
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