牙鲆家系亲权鉴定的微卫星DNA标记分析

为准确进行不同家系的亲权鉴定,筛选具有高亲本排除概率的微卫星DNA标记,从牙鲆选育基础群体中挑选性腺发育良好的雌雄亲本各10尾建立全同胞家系10个,从独立饲养的每个家系中随机选取30尾个体组成系谱结构已知的家系群体,从混合培育的子代群体中随机选取200尾个体组成系谱结构未知的混合群体。48个微卫星DNA标记选自牙鲆第二代遗传连锁图谱,且均匀分布于24个连锁群上,每个连锁群2个标记。家系群体的遗传分析结果发现,10个拥有丰富遗传多态性的微卫星DNA标记表现出高的亲本排除概率,其Excl1和Excl2的范围分别为0.655~0.719和0.792~0.837。随鉴定所用微卫星DNA标记数目的增加,累计排除概率逐步升高。当使用8个微卫星DNA标记鉴定时,累计排除概率达到100%。利用这些标记开展混合群体的亲权鉴定,显示共有13个雌雄个体参与繁殖过程,不同亲本配组产生的后代数量存在差异,亲本与后代群体之间的各项遗传学统计指标不存在明显差异。研究表明,筛选出具有高亲本排除概率的微卫星DNA标记能够有效进行牙鲆家系的亲权鉴定,可以作为今后开展家系选育与DNA分子标记联合育种的候选标记。     

基于标记系谱的红鳍东方鲀生长性状遗传分析

利用分子标记辅助家系选育进行红鳍东方鲀生长性状的遗传评估,由红鳍东方鲀基础群体中选择性腺发育良好的雌雄亲本各11尾建立全同胞家系11个,每个全同胞家系随机采集10尾个体组建全同胞家系群体,从混合培育的家系中选择相对较大的个体400尾组建混合选育群体。在红鳍东方鲀遗传连锁图谱上挑选44个均匀分布于22个连锁群上的微卫星DNA标记,每个连锁群有2个标记。全同胞家系群体的遗传分析结果显示,10个高亲本排除概率微卫星标记的Excl(1)和Excl(2)为0.58~0.662和0.736~0.797,14个低亲本排除概率标记的Excl(1)和Excl(2)为0.054~0.43和0.177~0.608,剩余20个中等亲本排除概率标记的Excl(1)和Excl(2)为0.467~0.575和0.641~0.732。利用拥有高亲本排除概率的微卫星DNA标记进行混合选育群体的亲权鉴定,结果显示:不同父母本繁殖产生的子代数量存在明显差异,父本M2和母本F4产生了124个子代,占子代个体总数的32.89%。根据亲权鉴定结果建立的系谱估计主要生长性状的遗传参数,不同日龄的体质量和体长遗传力估计值为0.17~0.21和0.15~0.18。研究表明,利用具有高亲本排除概率的微卫星DNA标记能够有效建立红鳍东方鲀系谱,进行生长性状的遗传参数估计,分子标记辅助家系选育可以作为红鳍东方鲀目标性状遗传改良的新方法。     

Parentage assignment in Haliotis midae L.: a precursor to future genetic enhancement programmes for South African abalone

The establishment and evaluation of family lines using pedigree information provides an advanced understanding of the variability that exists for complex, economically valuable traits and is a necessary step in the execution of an effective breeding programme. The aim of this study was to assign parentage to mass‐spawned Haliotis midae juveniles using species‐specific microsatellite markers. Screening of wild abalone individuals revealed that the nine loci selected complied with the minimum requirements for parentage analyses: a null allele frequency <5% as well as a high number and frequency of alleles per locus. A total of 598 individuals were genotyped (198 breeding individuals and 400 F1 progeny) from two farms, with parentage results yielding 91% and 90% successful assignment for Farms A and B respectively. This study, therefore, provided the necessary pedigree information required for controlled breeding of individual adult abalone and indicated the usefulness of the panel of microsatellite markers selected for parentage assignment.     

Parentage assignment in hybrid abalones (Haliotis rufescens × Haliotis discus hannai) based on microsatellite DNA markers

Parentage analysis in aquaculture determines genealogical relationships between broodstock and progeny when the parents are unknown. Thus, parentage analysis is a useful tool to establish pedigree reports in molecular‐assisted selection programs. Here, we evaluated 10 heterologous microsatellite markers for parentage assignment in abalone hybrids produced from 43 abalone broodstocks of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) and Japanese abalone (H. discus hannai). The allele frequencies, exclusion probabilities and broodstock contributions were calculated using CERVUS, PAPA and GERUD software. The polymorphic information content (PIC) values showed that most of the microsatellite loci were highly informative (>0.7) and more than 90% of parentage assignment was possible with a minimum of 5–6 microsatellite markers. Parentage assignment for hybrid and pure‐red progeny showed a better performance than pure‐Japanese progeny. This result could be due to the high level of allele loss in the parental genotypes. In addition, results indicated that only two sires contributed over 80% and 90% of red and hybrid progenies, respectively. This study gives a new molecular tool to support marker‐assisted selection in abalone hybrids produced in Chile.     

Rearing Takifugu rubripes larvae in communal tanks: paternal genetic contribution to survivability

We investigated the influence of paternal effects on progeny survival of the fugu Takifugu rubripes when multiple families were reared in communal tanks. Four males were crossed with four females in a factorial cross to give 16 families, and the half-siblings sharing the same mother were reared together. Male parentage was determined using microsatellite markers at 35 days. Although the maternal and tank effects were large, it was possible to detect paternal effects in relative survival rate and standard length (standardized in each tank), which were found to be significantly correlated. Paternal effects on growth rate suggest the existence of family-based differences in competition for food. Furthermore, genetic differences affecting larval growth appeared to be partly responsible for the disparity in survival rate observed among families.     

Heritability estimates for growth‐related traits in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) using a molecular pedigree

Pacific oyster is one of the leading species in world aquaculture, but heritability estimation applying mixed‐family approach has not been actively pursued. In this study, heritability for growth‐related traits in the Pacific oyster was first estimated by creating a single cohort of 45 families in a full‐factorial mating design consisting of nine sires and five dams. A total of 270 offspring were analysed and parentage assignment inferred by six microsatellite markers achieved 100% success. All parents contributed to the spawn and a total of 42 full‐sib families were represented. Using an animal model, heritability estimates at 12 months of age were 0.49 ± 0.25 for shell height, 0.36 ± 0.19 for shell length, 0.45 ± 0.23 for shell width and 0.35 ± 0.17 for wet weight. Genetic correlation between shell height and wet weight was quite high (0.79 ± 0.25), suggesting that direct selection of shell height, which is an easily measurable trait, also improves wet weight. The results obtained in this study indicate that growth‐related traits could be improved by exploiting additive genetic effects through selective breeding.     

Identification of a microsatellite marker that is completely linked to shell colour in small abalone,Haliotis diversicolor

A novel orange shell colour has been discovered in small abalone, Haliotis diversicolor (Reeve, 1846). To facilitate and accelerate a selective breeding programme for orange shell colour, a microsatellite marker that was completely linked to the shell colour gene was identified using a selective DNA pool approach and was verified in 448 individuals. Two DNA pools were constructed by pooling equal amounts of genomic DNA from 74 individuals with dark‐brown shells and 87 individuals with orange shells. Approximately 12 of 308 microsatellite markers that were linked to the shell colour gene were isolated using the selective DNA pooling method. After verification in 32 individuals with dark shells and 32 individuals with orange shells, only the Hdi3‐119 locus remained tightly linked to the shell colour gene. Finally, four families were used to verify the accuracy of the Hdi3‐119 locus. All of the individuals with orange shells in the four families harboured a unique 381‐bp allele in marker Hdi3‐119. This marker could be used for selective breeding of orange small abalone.     

微卫星DNA标记用于中国对虾亲子关系的鉴定

在水产养殖中应用微卫星标记来确定亲缘关系已经得到认同和广泛使用。本研究通过控制交尾,利用微卫星标记确定中国对虾后代的亲缘关系,对微卫星标记应用于中国对虾的家系识别进行初步探讨。作者以4个谱系清晰的家系为基础,检测两对微卫星标记EN0033和RS062在中国对虾家系鉴别中的应用。结果表明,利用两对微卫星引物产生的DNA指纹图谱,能够有效地区分中国对虾4个家系。根据微卫星数据计算各家系之间的遗传距离,构建UPGMA图,得到的结果与各家系来源情况一致,进一步证明了微卫星技术在进行家系间的遗传分析中的可行性。EN0033和RS062两对微卫星标记的累积个体识别率高达0.989,属于高识别力的遗传标记系统,可以利用它们进行中国对虾的亲缘关系鉴定。     

Parentage assignment of stocked black sea bream <Emphasis Type="Italic">Acanthopagrus schlegelii</Emphasis> in Hiroshima Bay using microsatellite DNA markers

The genetic contribution of 51 broodstock, comprising 29 females and 22 males, reared at Hiroshima City Marine Products Promotion Center for the production of stocked black sea bream was monitored during two consecutive years using seven microsatellite DNA loci. The high discrimination ability of these markers was reflected in the polymorphic identification content (PIC=0.831), the exclusion probability (Q≈1), and the low probability of identity index (I=3.635⁻¹⁰). The total number of breeders contributing to the mating process was estimated at 32 (62.7%) in 2000 and 30 (58.8%) in 2001. On pedigree reconstruction, 69.3% of the offspring were successfully assigned to a single broodstock pair. Loss of alleles accounted for 16.9% during seed production; nevertheless, 90.9% of males and 69.0% of females participated in the mating process. Based on microsatellite genetic tagging, 58.9% of the fish sampled during the two months after release were identified as hatchery stock, presenting no significant differences from wild conspecifics in either fork length or body weight.     

中华绒螯蟹微卫星多重PCR体系的建立及其亲子鉴定应用

利用自主开发的微卫星标记对中华绒螯蟹(Eriocheir sinensis)进行微卫星多重PCR体系构建,最终成功建立4组多重体系,每组体系包含4个微卫星位点,并成功应用于3个家系的亲子鉴定中。结果显示:(1)本研究筛选的16个微卫星标记,平均观测杂合度为0.8206,平均期望杂合度为0.8164,平均多态信息含量为0.7927,具有丰富的多态性;(2)运用Cervus 3.0软件对已知系谱信息的3个中华绒螯蟹家系共95个子代个体进行亲子鉴定分析,结果显示,选用任意两组微卫星多重PCR体系时,累积实际正确鉴定率均超过94.74%;使用任意三组微卫星多重PCR体系时,累积实际正确鉴定率均大于98.95%;使用四组微卫星多重PCR体系时,累积实际正确鉴定率达到100%。并且当选用组合1、2和组合3,或者选用组合1、3和组合4时,对3个家系的累积正确鉴定率达到了100%,因此选用这些组合不但可以获得准确的系谱信息,还能减少工作量,降低成本。本研究构建的微卫星多重PCR体系能为中华绒螯蟹的种群选育和家系管理提供便捷、高效的途径。     

Evaluating spawning performance among captive Florida pompano Trachinotus carolinus broodstock using microsatellite‐based parentage assignment

Florida pompano has been identified as a promising candidate for commercial‐scale aquaculture production, but to date, little information is available regarding captive broodstock spawning characteristics. Genetic markers were tested for their power in monitoring mating outcomes and potential in analysing heritability of rapid growth trait in Trachinotus carolinus. A total of 20 unrelated adults (10 females and 10 males) were chosen for a hormone‐induced mass spawning event. The 515 fastest growing and 485 slowest growing fish of the total 4852 offspring were considered a selected progeny stock, and fish were collected at 45 days post hatch based on their growth traits. Parentage analyses based on the 20 breeders and 1,000 selected progeny were performed using a total of nine microsatellite markers, a 100% assignment rate was achieved, and a four‐marker set was the minimum number for the parentage assignment. The effective breeding number for the selected progeny was 11 (six females and five males), among which three females and two males were predominant contributors with the total contribution of 95.8% and 94.7% respectively. The proportion of fast‐growing offspring from broodfish and each mating cross (sire/dam) was used for detecting whether variation in growth of the offspring was related to parental stocks. Results showed that three adults and their mated combination exhibited the greatest fast‐growing offspring proportion (69.73% and 55.95%). This research provided new information regarding spawning performance and parental contribution during mass spawning events; both important first steps towards developing improved management strategies for captive Florida pompano broodstock.     

Parentage assignment in hatchery population of brown sole <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pleuronectes herzensteini</Emphasis> by microsatellite DNA markers

ABSTRACT:   Five loci ( Phz2 , Phz6 , Phz7 , Phz12 , and Phz14 ) of microsatellite DNA markers developed in a previous study for parentage assignment in the hatchery population generated by mating among 61 broodstock fish (35 females and 26 males) in a spawning tank, were selected. After natural spawning in the same tank, larvae collected at three different times were categorized into early phase (EP), middle phase (MP), and late phase (LP) groups. In the parental broodstock, the mean number of alleles per locus was 21.8 and expected heterozygosity ( H _E ) was 0.813. In the progeny, the mean number of alleles per locus decreased to 11.6 (EP), 14.4 (MP), and 6.4 (LP) and H _E to 0.796 (EP), 0.833 (MP), and 0.681 (LP). Parental assignment determined eight dams and six sires as major parents for the EP group. In the MP group, 13 dams and ten sires genetically contributed to spawning, but only three dams and two sires were involved in LP group progeny. In the hatchery population produced from a limited number of parental fish such as the LP group, genetic variability was apparently decreased.     

Heritability estimates for processing and quality traits in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) using a molecular pedigree

Heritability estimates with a microsatellite parentage assignment based pedigree are of special interest in common carp cultured under traditional pond conditions. This method reduces common environment effects as all families can be grown immediately after hatching mixed in the same pond. We applied this method to study genetics of growth and processing traits in common carp at market size (1.5 kg and more). The experimental progeny was established by crossing 147 two-year old males and 8 females (six to eight-year old) of Hungarian synthetic mirror carp population. The fish grew up through three vegetation seasons and at the end a sample of 331 fish was examined for biometrical traits (standard length, body weight, relative head length, relative body height, relative body width), percent fat and processing traits (% processed body, % fillets with skin, % fillets without skin). It was shown that sex had a significant effect on most traits: females were larger and fatter than males, and they had both higher percent processed body and percent fillet with skin. Standard length, body weight, percent fat and relative head length had a high heritability (> 0.5), while relative body height, relative body width, percent processed body and fillet yields had a medium heritability (0.2–0.5). We found relatively high positive genetic correlations between body size (standard length and body weight) and percent fat (0.71 and 0.59, respectively), favourable genetic correlations between body size and percent processed body (0.69 for standard length and 0.74 for body weight) and between body size and fillet yields (0.50–0.77). Genetic correlations between body size and body shape (relative head length, relative body height and relative body width) were weak to moderate, thus selection for better growth should have little impact towards more rotund shape. Relative head length had strong negative correlation (− 0.7 to − 0.9) with percent fat, percent processed body and percent fillet yields. This means that indirect selection for reduced relative head length should be effective in improving of fillet yield.     

Use of microsatellite loci and AFLP markers to verify gynogenesis and clonal lines in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus L.

To develop an effective system for parentage analysis in gynogenetic and clonal progeny of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L., polymorphic microsatellite loci and amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) were investigated in several gynogenetic families and clonal lines. Six microsatellite loci were screened in two meiotic gynogenetic families to look for loci with high gene–centromere recombination rates, which can be used to discriminate meiotic from mitotic gynogenetics. Microsatellite loci UNH189 and UNH211 showed 96.7% and 92.0% heterozygosity, respectively, in these families, while other loci showed lower recombination frequencies. Scoring both UNH189 and UNH211 would give a very low probability of an individual meiotic gynogenetic being homozygous for both loci. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction of microsatellite loci was used to verify parentage in four families of mitotic gynogenetics and five fully inbred clonal lines. The genotype of each clonal line should serve as a unique identifier. Twelve AFLP primers were also investigated and 26 diagnostic AFLP bands were identified to follow inheritance in mitotic gynogenetic individuals. Amplified fragment length polymorphisms were found to be effective for this purpose but microsatellites were more appropriate since they are co‐dominant, while AFLPs are dominant markers. A multiplex of the microsatellite loci used in this study would be useful for general parental assignment as well as for the analysis of the products of chromosome set manipulations.     

配合饲料投喂量和粒径对绿盘鲍稚鲍生长和存活的影响

在水温15.8～24.7℃下,将小规格(壳长为1.03±0.02 cm)和中规格(壳长为1.57±0.03 cm)绿盘鲍(GS-02-003-2018)(皱纹盘鲍Haliotis discus hannai Ino♀×绿鲍H.fulgens♂)稚鲍分成A、B、C和D 4个组,饲养在240 mm×170 mm×285 m...     

Development and evaluation of microsatellite markers for identification of individual Greenshell™ mussels (Perna canaliculus) in a selective breeding programme

A set of 49 microsatellite loci isolated from the endemic New Zealand Greenshell™ mussel, Perna canaliculus, were evaluated for inclusion in a parentage assignment marker suite by assessing their ease of PCR amplification, allele scoring and conformity to Mendelian inheritance in hatchery-produced families. Ten polymorphic loci (mean H_e = 0.78 and polymorphic information content (PIC) = 0.72) were identified as being suitable for parentage assignment. These 10 microsatellite loci gave a combined non-exclusion probability of < 0.001 (probability that an unrelated parent pair will not be excluded from parentage of an arbitrary offspring), based on allele frequencies from 16 broodstock mussels. Simulations predicted an assignment success rate of 99.9% with all 10 loci and > 95% with the best 5 or more loci (mean PIC = 0.84). In actual parentage assignments, 124 offspring from 8 full-sib families were assigned to the correct parent pair with 4 or more loci. We found evidence for null alleles and extensive size homoplasy in many loci, highlighting the importance of thoroughly characterizing and evaluating microsatellite markers prior to parentage assignment and other applications.     

Divergent selection for shell length in two stocks of small abalone Haliotis diversicolor

To determine whether genetic improvement can be attained through a selective breeding programme, divergent selection for shell length was applied to two stocks of Haliotis diversicolor. Stock A was descended from the cross between males from a Japanese wild population and females from a Taiwan aquacultured population and Stock B was from the Taiwan cultured population, which had been successively cultured in mainland China for about 10 generations. The 10% largest and 10% smallest abalones for each of these two stocks were selected as parents for the large‐selected and small‐selected lines respectively. Equal numbers of abalone were randomly chosen from the two stocks to serve as parents for the control lines before the selection. The selected and control lines were reared under the same conditions at early juvenile, later juvenile and grow‐out stages. Stock A showed a significantly higher response to selection and realized heritability than Stock B (P<0.01). The large‐selected line of Stock A and Stock B grew 12.79% and 4.58% faster than their control lines on shell length respectively. The average realized heritability for shell length was 0.441±0.064 for Stock A and 0.113±0.013 for Stock B. Responses to selection were different at different ages in each stock and the body weights of the selected lines were significantly different from the control lines in both stocks at the grow‐out stage. Asymmetric responses to selection in the two directions were also observed in both stocks. Differences in response to selection and realized heritability between the two stocks are presumably due to genetic variability.     

皱纹盘鲍4个养殖群体杂交子代生长与存活状况比较

为利用杂种优势培育皱纹盘鲍(Haliotis discus hannai)优良新品种,本研究以4个不同养殖群体[黄岛(HD)、荣成(RC)、日本(JP)、大连(DL)]的皱纹盘鲍为亲本,设计4×4完全双列杂交,建立了4个自交家系和12个正反杂交家系,在利用微卫星标记进行亲子鉴定的基础上,对各家系的F1在1、5、13、17月龄时的生长性状、杂种优势率、生长速度和存活情况进行比较,分析杂交效应。结果表明,在各个生长阶段均有部分杂交家系与自交家系相比表现出显著的生长优势;HDRC、HDDL和JPDL家系的生长速度较高;HDDL、HDJP、RCDL、JPRC及RCHD家系有着较高的存活率;在杂种优势方面,HDRC、HDDL与DLHD家系在各生长参数与生长速度上有明显的杂种优势,HDDL、RCDL、DLHD家系在存活率上表现出明显的杂种优势。本研究筛选出的具有优势的交配组合,可作为皱纹盘鲍生产上种苗来源的参考,也为利用杂种优势培育皱纹盘鲍新品种提供了基础资料。     

利用微卫星标记进行马氏珠母贝家系遗传结构分析与系谱认证

为改良马氏珠母贝养殖群体性状,2010年4月,从马氏珠母贝选育系F3选择性腺成熟个体为亲本,建立了36个家系,按照常规技术进行幼体培育和海区养成.2010年11月,从36个家系中随机选取4个家系,每个家系取样30个个体,利用13对微卫星引物进行家系遗传结构和系谱鉴别分析.结果显示,(1) 13个微卫星引物在4个家系中共检测到39个等位基因,每个位点的等位基因数为2～5,4个家系的平均观测杂合度(Ho)为0.531 ～0.597,平均期望杂合度(He)为0.474 ～0.507；(2)根据子代基因型成功地推断出4个家系的亲本基因型,据此鉴别各个家系；用UPGMA法对120个样本进行聚类分析,98.3％的同一家系的子代个体能够聚到一起,分类结果与系谱来源基本一致.结果说明,这4个家系具有较高的遗传多样性和家系间具有明显的遗传分化；微卫星标记能有效地为马氏珠母贝群体的系谱分析提供技术支持.