Journal Article

Massively parallel multiplex DNA sequencing for specimen identification using an Illumina MiSeq platform

Porter, Teresita M., Janzen, Daniel H., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Golding, G. Brian, Gibson, Joel F., Shokralla, Shadi, Dobosz, Rafal, Hallwachs, Winnie

2015

Overview

Genetic information is a valuable component of biosystematics, especially specimen identification through the use of species-specific DNA barcodes. Although many genomics applications have shifted to High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) or Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies, sample identification (e.g., via DNA barcoding) is still most often done with Sanger sequencing. Here, we present a scalable double dual-indexing approach using an Illumina Miseq platform to sequence DNA barcode markers. We achieved 97.3% success by using half of an Illumina Miseq flowcell to obtain 658 base pairs of the cytochrome c oxidase I DNA barcode in 1,010 specimens from eleven orders of arthropods. Our approach recovers a greater proportion of DNA barcode sequences from individuals than does conventional Sanger sequencing, while at the same time reducing both per specimen costs and labor time by nearly 80%. In addition, the use of HTS allows the recovery of multiple sequences per specimen, for deeper analysis of genetic variation in target gene regions.

• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
• Subject: 38/22 / 38/23 / 38/56 / 38/71 / 45/41 / 45/77 / 631/158/670 / 631/208/721 / Animals / Arthropods - genetics / Arthropods - metabolism / Base pairs / Base Sequence / Cytochrome-c oxidase / Deoxyribonucleic acid / DNA / DNA - analysis / DNA barcoding / DNA sequencing / Electron Transport Complex IV - genetics / Genetic diversity / High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / Humanities and Social Sciences / Molecular Sequence Data / multidisciplinary / Nucleotide sequence / Science / Sequence Analysis, DNA