Quantitative genetic estimates of growth-related traits in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.): A review

Abstract

The common carp (Cyrpinus carpio L.) is the oldest cultured and the most domesticated fish species, as well as one of the most important freshwater fishes in the world. However, scientific studies on evaluating the growth-related quantitative traits in this fish are limited. Heritability, the most important parameter in selective breeding programs, was extensively studied for the growth-related traits. The values varied widely among the experiments and methods used because of the existence of common environmental, dominance and maternal effects. However, correlations in phenotypic and genetic levels first evaluated several years ago were limited. On the other hand, heterosis was widely reported and easily obtained for growth-related traits in the common carp. Meanwhile, genotype environment interaction and prediction of breeding values have been studied recently, and are very important in conducting selective breeding programs. The developmental quantitative genetics of growth-related traits was first analyzed in the common carp for reasonable selection during ontogeny. It is expected that genetic improvement will be achieved by carrying out direct selective breeding in the common carp.

Keywords

Cyprinus carpio L / growth-related traits / heritability / correlation / heterosis

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30700622), the Shanghai Education Committee Project (No. 07ZZ136), and the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (No. Y1101). The authors would like to thank Ms. Jiawen XU for her kind help in data collection. The authors give special thanks to the referees and editors for their helpful and valuable suggestions on the manuscript.

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