Estimates of Heritability of Larval and Early Juvenile Growth Traits in Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Academic Article

abstract

• Eighteen to 29 families of red drum were generated via spontaneous spawning of multiple sets of three dams two sires. In 2002, offspring from spawning events were grown in separate larval ponds to a mean TL of 30.4 mm. In 2003, offspring from spawning events were individually passive integrated transponder (PIT)-tagged and grown in "common-garden" tanks from 121.9 to 166.6 mm. Offspring in both experiments were assigned to parents based on genotypes at four microsatellite loci. Heritability estimates were 0.24 0.06 (larval TL) and 0.48 0.16 (juvenile-specific growth rate in length) and indicate a significant genetic component for both traits. 2008 by The Haworth Press. All rights reserved.

authors

• Gatlin, Delbert

published proceedings

• Journal of Applied Aquaculture

author list (cited authors)

• Ma, L., Saillant, E., Gatlin, D. M., & Gold, J. R.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Ma, Liang||Saillant, Eric||Gatlin, Delbert M||Gold, John R

publication date

• May 2008

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Applied Aquaculture  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/10454430802197482

start page

• 134

end page

• 147

volume

• 20

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10454430802197482