Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs

Chelonia mydas has been listed in IUCN List as endangered species due to continuous human exploitation. Although there are laws and legislations in protecting this endangered species, turtle eggs are still able to be found sold illegally in the black market in Malaysia. Eggs poachers claimed that t...

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Main Author: Tan, Kim Hock
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2010
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description Chelonia mydas has been listed in IUCN List as endangered species due to continuous human exploitation. Although there are laws and legislations in protecting this endangered species, turtle eggs are still able to be found sold illegally in the black market in Malaysia. Eggs poachers claimed that the turtle eggs are obtained from foreign countries in order to escape from prosecution. Hence, in this study, three DNA extraction methods have been evaluated in term of DNA yield and amplification quality. Out of three extraction methods, CTAB extraction method produced highest DNA yield from the yolks samples but it is relatively not pure. Besides that, Guanidinium Isothiocyanate Extraction method gives pure DNA but low in concentration. Phylogenetic trees based on D-loop gene sequenced from turtles’ eggs showed that it has very close relationship with sample from Satang Island.
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spelling unimas-78422024-08-26T08:06:53Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7842/ Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs Tan, Kim Hock Q Science (General) Chelonia mydas has been listed in IUCN List as endangered species due to continuous human exploitation. Although there are laws and legislations in protecting this endangered species, turtle eggs are still able to be found sold illegally in the black market in Malaysia. Eggs poachers claimed that the turtle eggs are obtained from foreign countries in order to escape from prosecution. Hence, in this study, three DNA extraction methods have been evaluated in term of DNA yield and amplification quality. Out of three extraction methods, CTAB extraction method produced highest DNA yield from the yolks samples but it is relatively not pure. Besides that, Guanidinium Isothiocyanate Extraction method gives pure DNA but low in concentration. Phylogenetic trees based on D-loop gene sequenced from turtles’ eggs showed that it has very close relationship with sample from Satang Island. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2010 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7842/4/Kim%20Hock%28fulltext%29.pdf Tan, Kim Hock (2010) Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Tan, Kim Hock
Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs
title Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs
title_full Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs
title_fullStr Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs
title_full_unstemmed Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs
title_short Establishment of dna isolation protocol from Sarawak sea turtle eggs
title_sort establishment of dna isolation protocol from sarawak sea turtle eggs
topic Q Science (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7842/
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