Marker-assisted breeding of a lymphocystis disease-resistant Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
Marker-assisted breeding of a lymphocystis disease-resistant Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
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DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.07.210
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发表时间:
2007-11-26
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4.5
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Okamoto, Nobuaki
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作者:
Fuji, Kanako;Hasegawa, Osamu;Okamoto, Nobuaki
An allele of a microsatellite, Poli9-8TUF, has a dominant effect at a single major locus and is responsible for resistance to lymphocystis disease (LD-R) in Japanese flounder. We developed a new population of Japanese flounder produced by marker-assisted breeding using this allele. A female that originated from the KP-B inbred line with LD-R that was homozygous for the favorable allele (B-favorable) and a male from a commercial stock bred for higher growth rate and good body shape were selected as parents. A female was selected as the LD-R-bearing parent because the recombination rate of females is lower in the region where the LD-R locus is located. As expected, the B-favorable allele was transmitted as a heterozygote to the progeny (LD-R+ population). The LD-R+ population, when tested at two commercial fish farms that had LD outbreaks, showed no incidence of LD at either farm, while a control population without B-favorable alleles (LD-R-) had incidences of 4.5% and 6.3% at the two farms. These results show that marker-assisted breeding using molecular markers linked to an economically important trait is an efficient strategy for breeding. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.