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Molecular parentage analysis is essential in breeding Asian seabass.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Liu Peng, Xia Jun Hong, Lin Grace, Sun Fei, Liu Feng, Lim Huan Sein, Pang Hong Yan, Yue Gen Hua
Abstract excerpt
In aquaculture species, maintaining pedigree information and genetic variation in each generation is essential, but very difficult. In this study, we used nine microsatellites to genotype 2,520 offspring from four independent full-factorial crosses (10 males × 10 females) of Asian seabass to reconstruct pedigree and monitor the change of genetic variations. In all four crosses, over 96.8% of the offspring could...
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