Mangur


Mangur, scientifically known as Clarius batrachus is known for its taste, protein flavour, low fat content, medicinal value etc. The catfish thrives well in low oxygen content but its occurrence in natural water bodies has been greatly reduced by over exploitation and disease outbreak. This species has been reported to be vulnerable based on the IUCN Red List Category of 1994 in India.




Microsatellites/ STRs are strong tool having potential role in improvement of desirable characteristics like resistance to diseases, high growth rate etc. These STR markers can be useful for increasing the linkage map density which will ultimately help in assigning the scaffold over linkage group/chromosome for de novo assembly.

This work aims at development of user-friendly and freely accessible microsatellite marker database of Mangur whole genome based STR mining. Further, user defined primer designing has great advantage in terms of precise selection from each contigs, at defined location and equal interval, size of amplicons for ease of rapid genotyping in simple and low cost agarose gel.


Collaborative Institutions




National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
Lucknow - 226002 (U.P.)




Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture
Bhubaneswar-751002, Orissa


Anand Agricultural University
Anand Gujarat

Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute
New Delhi -110012