Abstract
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), the most abundant genetic variation in the population, have become the molecular marker of choice. Generally, the efficient detection of SNPs requires specialized costly equipment. Although there are a few strategies for detecting SNPs through polymerase chain reaction, followed by restriction enzyme digestion and agarose gel electrophoresis, these methods are time-consuming and might be less diagnostic. Interestingly, the tetra primer amplification refractory mutation system (T-ARMS) strategy utilizes a pair of allele-specific primers in a single PCR for the diagnostic detection of SNPs in a codominant manner through standard agarose gel electrophoresis. The simplicity and robustness of the strategy have inspired the researchers to adopt this low-cost method of SNP detection in different crop plants. Here, we have described the principle, methods, and conditions for the T-ARMS strategy. The described methodology starts from the isolation of genomic DNA and ends with the post-PCR analysis of refractory amplicons in standard agarose gel electrophoresis. The limitations and future perspectives are also discussed. Taken together, T-ARMS evolves as a method of choice for low-cost SNP detection in plants.
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The authors thank Dr. Shirin Akhtar and Dr. Deepak Maurya for their help and support. We acknowledge funding from Bihar Agricultural University (Project code: SNP/CI/Rabi/2018-5).
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Mukherjee, A., Chattopadhyay, T. (2023). Tetra-Primer Amplification Refractory Mutation System (T-ARMS). In: Shavrukov, Y. (eds) Plant Genotyping. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2638. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3024-2_22
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