Genetic Stock Identification of Spotted Flounder, Verasper variegatus from Yeocheun, Korea

범가자미에 대한 유전학적 동정

Cell size, DNA content, chromosome and PCR-based mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene analyses were conducted to obtain basic informations for genetic stock identification of spotted flounder (Verasper variegatus) from Yeocheun, Korea. The mean erythrocytic and nuclear volumes of spotted flounder were $211.10{\mu}m^3$ and $23.03{\mu}m^3$, respectively. The haploid DNA content of this species was 0.79 pg/cell which correspond to $46.5\%$ of carp and to $22.6\%$ of mammals. Spotted flounder had the 2n = 46 acrocentric chromosomes but no heteromorphic sex chromosomes was found. Mitochondrial DNA gene for 12S ribosomal RNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the PCR products were subjected to digestion with 15 restriction endonucleases. Restriction enzyme analyses revealed that Ava I, Mae II, Sma I and Xba I had one restriction site in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene segment of spotted flounder, while Mae I had two. Segments of 12S rRNA gene from mitochondria in spotted flounder were sequenced and compared with channel catfish and human as controls. The 12S rRNA gene of this species was more similar to that of channel catfish than to human's.

범가자미, Verasper variegatus에 대한 유전학적 동정을 위하여 세포 크기, DNA함량, 염색체수 및 핵형분석 등의 세포유전학적 조사와 PCR 기법을 이용한 mtDNA 125 ribosomal RNA gene의 분석을 실시하였다. 본 종의 적혈구와 핵의 평균 부피는 각각 $211.10{\mu}m^3$와 $23.03{\mu}m^3$였으며, haploid DNA content는 0.79 pg/cell로서 잉어의 $46.5\%$, 포유류의 $22.6\%$로 나타났다. 염색체 수는 46개로 모두 acrocentric 염색체로 구성되어 있었으며, heteromorphic한 성 염색체는 관찰되지 않았다. PCR 기법을 이용하여 증폭된 범가자미 mtDNA의 12S rRNA gene segment는 대략 390bp로 나타났고, 12S rRNA gene의 PCR product를 제한 효소로 처리 결과, Ava I, Mae II, Sma I, Xba I는 1개의 restriction site가, Mae I는 2개의 restriction site가 관찰되었다. 범가자미 mtDNA의 12S rRNA gene segment의 염기 서열을 인간과 차넬메기와 비교한 결과, identity가 차넬메기 와는 $81.8\%$, 인간과는 $67.7\%$였다.