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LI Wenjia, LU Xia, LUAN Sheng, LUO Kun, SUI Juan, KONG Jie. Heritability of body weight and resistance to ammonia in the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2016, 34(5): 1025-1033

Heritability of body weight and resistance to ammonia in the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles

LI Wenjia, LU Xia, LUAN Sheng, LUO Kun, SUI Juan, KONG Jie
Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
Abstract:
Ammonia, toxic to aquaculture organisms, represents a potential problem in aquaculture systems, and the situation is exacerbated in closed and intensive shrimp farming operations, expecially for Litopenaeus vannamei. Assessing the potential for the genetic improvement of resistance to ammonia in L. vannamei requires knowledge of the genetic parameters of this trait. The heritability of resistance to ammonia was estimated using two descriptors in the present study:the survival time (ST) and the survival status at half lethal time (SS50) for each individual under high ammonia challenge. The heritability of ST and SS50 were low (0.154 4±0.044 6 and 0.147 5±0.040 0, respectively), but they were both significantly different from zero (P<0.01). Moreover, these two estimates were basically the same and showed no significant differences from each other (P>0.05), suggesting that ST and SS50 could be used as suitable indicators for resistance to ammonia. There were also positive phenotypic and genetic correlation between resistance to ammonia and body weight, which means that resistance to ammonia can be enhanced by the improvement of husbandry practices that increase the body weight. The results from the present study suggest that the selection for higher body weight does not have any negative consequences for resistance to ammonia. In addition to quantitative genetics, tools from molecular genetics can be applied to selective breeding programs to improve the efficiency of selection for traits with low heritability.
Key words:    Litopenaeus vannamei|heritability|resistance to ammonia|body weight|genetic correlation   
Received: 2015-01-27   Revised: 2015-06-06
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