Publication Date
2013
Description
Telomere length measurement has been proposed as a promising tool to estimate the age of individuals in natural populations. We used real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) to measure relative telomere length in four tissues (brain, kidney, liver and muscle) of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in different groups based upon body length an otolith age estimate. We observed a high level of inter-individual differences in the measurements of relative telomere length in hakes of similar age and body length groups. The results of qPCR analysis showed a great variability in all measures and a lack of repeatability and reproducibility with significant statistical differences in the results of the different assays. The paper discusses the technical reasons for the variability in qPCR obtained in this work and by other authors.
Journal
Revista de Investigación Marina, AZTI-Tecnalia
Volume
20
Issue
3
First Page
29
Last Page
36
Department
Biology
Recommended Citation
López de Abechuco, Estabaliz; Soto, Manuel; Pardo, Miguel Angel; Haussmann, Mark F.; and Díez, Guzmán. "Suitability of real-time quantitative PCR to estimate the relative telomere length in European Hake (Merluccius merluccius Linnaeus, 1758)." Revista de Investigación Marina, AZTI-Tecnalia (2013) : 29-36.