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ArticleSTAR protocols2026

Protocol for deriving proliferating primary fibroblast cultures from Malabar red snapper larvae for cytogenetic analysis.

Kathiresan Purushothaman, Muhammad Hazim Bin Mohamed, Saraphina Dianne Tneo Rwei Qing, Nguyen Thanh Vu, Bing Liang, Harmeet Singh, Tan Shixiong, Grace Loo, Saraswathy Bisa, Dean R Jerry and 2 more

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Article in STAR protocols, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Kathiresan PurushothamanSchool of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, 9 Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore 738964, Singapore; Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University Singapore, 149 Sims Drive, Singapore 387380, Singapore; Department of Preclinical Sciences and Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. Electronic address: purushothaman@rp.edu.sg.
Muhammad Hazim Bin MohamedSchool of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, 9 Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore 738964, Singapore.
Saraphina Dianne Tneo Rwei QingSchool of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, 9 Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore 738964, Singapore.
Nguyen Thanh VuTropical Futures Institute, James Cook University Singapore, 149 Sims Drive, Singapore 387380, Singapore.
Bing LiangTropical Futures Institute, James Cook University Singapore, 149 Sims Drive, Singapore 387380, Singapore.
Harmeet SinghSchool of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, 9 Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore 738964, Singapore.
Tan ShixiongSchool of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, 9 Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore 738964, Singapore.
Grace LooSchool of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, 9 Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore 738964, Singapore.
Saraswathy BisaGenomics Group, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, 8049 Bodø, Norway.
Dean R JerryTropical Futures Institute, James Cook University Singapore, 149 Sims Drive, Singapore 387380, Singapore.
Jose A DomingosTropical Futures Institute, James Cook University Singapore, 149 Sims Drive, Singapore 387380, Singapore.
Shubha VijSchool of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, 9 Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore 738964, Singapore; Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University Singapore, 149 Sims Drive, Singapore 387380, Singapore. Electronic address: shubha_vij@rp.edu.sg.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we present a protocol for deriving primary fibroblast cultures from early-stage Malabar red snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus) larvae for cytogenetic analysis. We describe steps for dissociating larval tissues using trypsin and culturing them to establish proliferating fibroblast cells. We then detail procedures for arresting cells at metaphase by colchicine treatment, followed by hypotonic treatment, methanol-acetic acid fixation, and Giemsa staining to visualize chromosomes. This protocol yields clear metaphase spreads suitable for karyotype analysis and downstream cytogenetic applications.

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Cell Culture TechniquesCytogenetic AnalysisFibroblastsAnimalsCell ProliferationCells, CulturedLarvaGenomicsRNAseqSequencing

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PMID41950012
PMCPMC13090631

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