Potential Response to Selection of HSP70 as a Component of Innate Immunity in the Abalone Haliotis rufescens.

ABSTRACT: Assessing components of the immune system may reflect disease resistance. In some invertebrates, heat shock proteins (HSPs) are immune effectors and have been described as potent activators of the innate immune response. Several diseases have become a threat to abalone farming worldwide; therefore, increasing disease resistance is considered to be a long-term goal for breeding programs. A trait will respond to selection only if it is determined partially by additive genetic variation. The aim of this study was to estimate the heritability (h2) and the additive genetic coefficient of variation (CVA) of HSP70 as a component of innate immunity of the abalone Haliotis rufescens, in order to assess its potential response to selection. These genetic components were estimated for the variations i

SUBMITTER: Brokordt KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4631488 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature