Towards selective breeding of pearl oysters - quantitative and population genetics of the silver-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada maxima

珍珠贝选育——银唇珍珠贝大珠母贝的数量和群体遗传学

• 批准号: LP0560298
• 负责人: Prof Dean Jerry
• 金额: $ 32.66万
• 依托单位: James Cook University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0560298
• 关键词: Towards; selective; breeding; pearl; oysters

Successful selective breeding programs rely on two critical factors; i) an understanding of the genetic processes underpinning phenotypic expression of commercially important traits and ii) a reliable method to retain pedigrees so that the rate of inbreeding can be controlled. This project will utilise modern quantitative and molecular genetic approaches to generate for the first time fundamental information on the role genetics has on growth and pearl quality traits in the silver-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada maxima. Outcomes from this project when integrated into a selective breeding program for this species will dramatically transform the international competitiveness of this valuable industry.

成功的选择性育种计划依赖于两个关键因素：i）对支撑商业上重要性状的表型表达的遗传过程的理解，以及ii）保留谱系的可靠方法，以便可以控制近亲繁殖的速率。该项目将利用现代定量和分子遗传学方法，首次生成关于遗传学对银唇珠母贝Pinctada maxima生长和珍珠质量性状的作用的基本信息。当这个项目的结果被整合到这个物种的选择性育种计划中时，将极大地改变这个有价值的行业的国际竞争力。