Verification of SNPs Associated with Growth Traits in Two Populations of Farmed Atlantic Salmon.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the relationship between genetic variants and traits of economic importance in aquaculture species is pertinent to selective breeding programmes. High-throughput sequencing technologies have enabled the discovery of large numbers of SNPs in Atlantic salmon, and high density SNP arrays now exist. A previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) using a high density SNP array (132K SNPs) has revealed the polygenic nature of early growth traits in salmon, but has also identified candidate SNPs showing suggestive associations with these traits. The aim of this study was to test the association of the candidate growth-associated SNPs in a separate population of farmed Atlantic salmon to verify their effects. Identifying SNP-trait associations in two populations provides evidence th

SUBMITTER: Tsai HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4730252 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature