Genetics and genomics - integration of molecular genetics into a breeding program for rainbow trout

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2006
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Silverstein, Jeffery T.
Weber, Gregory M.
Rexroad, Caird E. III
Vallejo, Roger L.
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Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - BAMIGDEH
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At the National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture (US Department of Agriculture, Ag. Research Service) in Leetown, WV, we have a broodstock development program now entering the second generation of family-based selective breeding using expected breeding values (EBVs). Our major breeding objectives are faster growth and resistance to Flavobacterium psy- chrophilum, the causative agent of bacterial coldwater disease. For these traits we have devel- oped assays to evaluate phenotypic performance. In addition to our breeding program, we are participating in an international collaboration to develop a microsatellite marker linkage map for the rainbow trout with the intent of identifying quantitative trait loci (QTL) and using them in mark- er (MAS) or gene-assisted (GAS) selection. There are several possible approaches with regard to the types and numbers of markers to develop and the strategies and methods for implement- ing the markers in a selective breeding program. This paper describes the choices we made con- cerning QTL identification for traits of high, low, and unknown degrees of heritability. These traits are plasma cortisol response to a crowding stress (h2 = 0.4), feed intake (h2 = 0.1) and resis- tance to F. psychrophilum (0.3
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rainbow trout, selective breeding, marker assisted selection, Fish culture--Israel--Periodicals., Fish culture--Periodicals., Aquaculture--Israel--Periodicals., Aquaculture--Periodicals.
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Silverstein, J.T., Weber, G.M., Rexroad I.C.E., & Vallejo, R.L. (2006). Genetics and genomics - integration of molecular genetics into a breeding program for rainbow trout. The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh, 58(4), 231-237.
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