QTL affecting morphometric traits and stress response in the gilthead seabream ( Sparus aurata)

• Published in: Aquaculture Vol. 319; no. 1; pp. 58 - 66
• Main Authors: Boulton, Kay, Massault, Cecile, Houston, Ross D., de Koning, Dirk Jan, Haley, Chris S., Bovenhuis, Henk, Batargias, Costas, Canario, Adelino V.M., Kotoulas, Giorgios, Tsigenopoulos, Costas S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.09.2011; Elsevier; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; Animal and Dairy Science; Animal and plant ecology; Animal aquaculture; Animal productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Aquaculture; Biological and medical sciences; blood sampling; body size; body weight; chromosome mapping; cortisol; DNA; economics; Fish; fish kills; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene loci; General aspects; genetic correlation; Genetic markers; heritability; Husdjursvetenskap; linkage groups; loci; Marine; marker-assisted selection; microsatellite repeats; Morphometric traits; progeny; QTL; quantitative trait loci; Sea water ecosystems; Seabream; Sparus aurata; Stress response; Synecology; variance; Veterinary Science; Veterinärmedicin; QTL; Morphometric traits; Stress response; Seabream; Marine environment; Vertebrata; Sparus aurata; Pisces; Morphometry; Stress; Aquaculture

The gilthead seabream ( Sparus aurata) is an important aquaculture species that has only been subject to an incipient selective breeding programme. This study, which examined the genetic architecture of seabream morphology and stress response to confinement, takes a step toward the use of marker ass...