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Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp Species Ana Catarina Silva nº 29817 Joana Marques nº29824 Paulo Mira Fernandes nº 29830

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Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp Species. Ana Catarina Silva n º 29817 Joana Marquesnº29824 Paulo Mira Fernandes n º 29830 . Why Genetic selection is a important tool for Aquaculture?. Growth improvement Disease resistance Survival rate . Introduction. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and

Shrimp SpeciesAna Catarina Silva nº 29817

Joana Marques nº29824

Paulo Mira Fernandes nº 29830

Page 2: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Why Genetic selection is a important tool for Aquaculture?

Growth improvement

Disease resistance

Survival rate

Breeding Programs

Intro

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ion

Page 3: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Shrimp

Grow

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Argue et al. 2002 Litopenaeus vannamei

Randomly selected fast-growers

Growth Disease Resistance

Li et al. 2006 and Moss et al. 2007

Fenneropenaaeus chinensis and Litopenaeus vannamei

Page 4: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Shrimp

Dise

ase

resis

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eLi et al. 2006 Fenneropenaeus chinensisMass selection

Selected for Taura Syndrome Virus (one gene resistance)

Lacks selection for polygenic resistance to other viruses (WSSV)

Page 5: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Oysters

Grow

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VIMS, 2010 Crassostrea virginica

Kinsale LynnhavenYork

Over time, triploid individuals presented a higher growth rate

Environmental conditions?

Growth energy budget?

Page 6: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Oysters

Dise

ase

Resis

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eVIMS, 2010 Crassostrea virginica

Page 7: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Oysters

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ival

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Kinsale LynnhavenYork

VIMS, 2010 Crassostrea virginica

Over time, triploid individuals presented a higher survival rate

Higher tolerance to salinity?

Page 8: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Clams

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El-Wazzan and Scarpa, 2009 Mercenaria mercenaria notata

Triploid species may be considered almost sterile.

Can tripoidy be an advantage to the improvement of growth?

14 and 15-18 weeks old clams

Triploid individuals grew less than diploid.

But,

Under stressful conditions triploid clams may present better growth rates.

Page 9: Genetic Selection Programs in Shellfish and Shrimp  Species

Clams

Grow

th Im

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El-Wazzan and Scarpa, 2009