Assessment of tools for marker-assisted selection in a marine commercial species: Significant association between MSTN-1 gene polymorphism and growth traits

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Growth is a priority trait from the point of view of genetic improvement. Molecular markers linked to quantitative trait loci (QTL) have been regarded as useful for marker-assisted selection in complex traits as growth. Polymorphisms have been studied in five candidate genes influencing growth in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): the growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), myostatin (MSTN-1), prolactin (PRL), and somatolactin (SL) genes. Specimens evaluated were from a commercial broodstock comprising 131 breeders (from which 36 males and 44 females contributed to the progeny). In all samples eleven gene fragments, covering more than 13,000bp, generated by PCR-RFLP, were analyzed; tests were made for significant associations between these markers and growth traits. ANOVA results showed a significant association between MSTN-1 gene polymorphism and growth traits. Pairwise tests revealed several RFLPs in the MSTN-1 gene with significant heterogeneity of genotypes among size groups. PRL and MSTN-1 genes presented linkage disequilibrium. The MSTN-1 gene was mapped in the centromeric region of a medium-size acrocentric chromosome pair. © 2012 Irma Snchez-Ramos et al.

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Sánchez-Ramos, I., Cross, I., MácHa, J., Martínez-Rodríguez, G., Krylov, V., & Rebordinos, L. (2012). Assessment of tools for marker-assisted selection in a marine commercial species: Significant association between MSTN-1 gene polymorphism and growth traits. The Scientific World Journal, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1100/2012/369802

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