Differences in sexual size dimorphism among farmed tilapia species and strains undergoing genetic improvement for body weight

Autor: C.E. Lind, A. Safari, S.K. Agyakwah, F.Y.K. Attipoe, G.O. El-Naggar, A. Hamzah, G. Hulata, N.A. Ibrahim, H.L. Khaw, N.H. Nguyen, A.O. Maluwa, M. Zaid, T. Zak, R.W. Ponzoni
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Aquaculture Reports, Vol 1, Iss C, Pp 20-27 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2352-5134
DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2015.03.003
Popis: Many tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) farmers produce all-male populations because of the superior growth rate of males compared to females. To investigate differences in body weight at harvest of males and females among different tilapia strains, we analyzed data from 62,787 individuals collected from pedigreed breeding programs of O. niloticus (GIFT from Malaysia, the Abbassa line from Egypt, and the Akosombo line from Ghana), O. shiranus (the Bunda College-Domasi selection line), O. aureus (a selection line under development in Abbassa, Egypt, and a selection line from Israel) and a synthetic selection line of Red tilapia under development in Jitra, Malaysia, derived from stock from Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand (O. sp.). Mixed models were separately fitted to the data from each selection line. There was a significant sex effect in all strains (P
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