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Breeding for improved appearance of large rainbow trout in two production environments
Authors:Antti Kause  Ossi Ritola  & Tuija Paananen
Institution:MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Animal Production Research, Animal Breeding, Jokioinen, Finland; Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Tervo Fisheries Research and Aquaculture, Tervo, Finland
Abstract:A quantitative genetic analysis was performed to study potential to breed for improved body shape, skin colour and skin spottiness of large rainbow trout in sea and fresh water production environments, and in different stages of growth. The results showed that heritabilities in both production environments were moderate for body shape and skin colour and very high for skin spots. For body shape and skin spots, genetic correlation between the two production environments was high (rA≥0.90), revealing weak genotype‐by‐environment interactions across the environments. For skin colour, genetic correlation between the environments was positive (0.78) but lower than for body shape and skin spots, indicating moderate genotype‐by‐environment interactions. Genetic correlations between 2‐ and 3‐year‐old fish were high for body shape and skin spots (rA≥0.93) and moderate for skin colour (0.85), showing that differences among families persisted strongly during growth. The positive correlations between the environments and between the ages imply that selection in fresh water environment at a single point of time should lead to favourable correlated genetic responses in the sea and at the other stages of growth.
Keywords:animal breeding  body shape  genotype-by-environment interaction  skin colour  salmonids  quantitative genetics
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