Estimates of heritability and genetic correlations for growth‐related traits in the tiger prawn Penaeus monodon |
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| Authors: | Miao Miao Sun Jian Hua Huang Shi Gui Jiang Qi Bin Yang Fa Lin Zhou Cai Yan Zhu Li Shi Yang Tian Feng Su |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Lianyungang Marine and Fishery Sciences Research Institution, Lianyungang, China;2. Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, Guangdong Province, Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China |
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| Abstract: | Heritabilities and genetic and phenotypic correlations were estimated for body weight (BW), body length (BL), carapace length (CL), carapace width (CW) and carapace height (CH) of the Penaeus monodon from measurements on progeny at 6 months of age resulting from a nested mating design. Estimation was made on data from 41 full‐sib and 10 half‐sib families. The estimated heritabilities for these traits were 0.13–0.24, and the significantly phenotypic and genetic correlations were 0.81–0.94 and 0.88–1.00, respectively. The present results indicate that genetic improvement through selective breeding conducted on P. monodon might be feasible and would be an efficient method to obtain a positive response to selection. |
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| Keywords: |
Penaeus monodon
growth heritability genetic and phenotypic correlation |
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