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CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 200-205Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-012-1066-2
Keywords
genetic correlation; growth; heritability; Litopenaeus vannamei; selection response
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- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) [2006AA10A406]
- Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences [KF201002]
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To quantify the response to selection, heritability and genetic correlations between weight and size of Litopenaeus vannamei, the body weight (BW), total length (TL), body length (BL), first abdominal segment depth (FASD), third abdominal segment depth (TASD), first abdominal segment width (FASW), and partial carapace length (PCL) of 5-month-old parents and of offspnng were measured by calculating seven body measunngs of offspnng produced by a nested mating design. Seventeen half-sib families and 42 full-sib families of L. vannamei were produced using artificial fertilization from 2-4 dams by each sire, and measured at around five months post-metamorphosis. The results show that hentabilities among vanous traits were high: 0.515 +/- 0.030 for body weight and 0.394 +/- 0.030 for total length. After one generation of selection. the selection response was 10.70% for offspring growth. In the 5(th) month, the realized heritability for weight was 0.296 for the offspnng generation. Genetic correlations between body weight and body size were highly variable. The results indicate that external morphological parameters can be applied dunng breeder selection for enhancing the growth without sacrificing animals for determining the body size and breed ability; and selective breeding can be improved significantly, simultaneously with increased production.
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