Accuracy of Selection for Omega-3 Fatty Acid Content in Atlantic Salmon Fillets
Aquaculture(2020)
摘要
The main aim of the current study was to compare the accuracy of selection for muscle content of fat and the health-promoting omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA in Atlantic salmon, by varying the sources of genetic information used in the estimation of breeding values. The following genetic information sources were compared: pedigree, SNP-chip markers and allele-specific expression markers. The results showed that differences between information sources were in general small, and different genetic information performed best for different traits. SNP-chip performed best for DHA, and pedigree performed best for EPA. Knowledge from gene expression analysis of a few individuals can be utilized to select a small panel of markers that perform relatively well. Genetic markers of allele-specific expression were able to capture a lot of genetic variation for DHA, but did not give significantly higher accuracies when combined with SNP-chip or pedigree information. The cross-validation accuracies for selection for DHA and EPA were moderate and offer possibilities for selection for these traits, especially if one extends the reference data set to a much bigger population, with more sibs per selection candidate.
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Selection accuracy,Omega-3,Atlantic salmon,Genomic prediction
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