Mapping QTL for resistance to summer mortality in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

• Main Authors: Sauvage, Christopher, Heurtebise, Serge, De Koning, D., Haley, Chris, Boudry, Pierre, Lapegue, Sylvie
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: XIV Plant and Animal Genome Conference 2008
• Subjects: Mortality; Genetic; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster; Mapping QTL; Pacific; Pépin
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3504/3044.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3504/3045.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3504/

Summer mortalities of the Pacific cupped oyster Crassostrea gigas have been described in the literature for decades. One solution to overcome this problem would be to select animals more tolerant to summer mortalities, as this trait was shown to be highly heritable (Degrémont, 2003). Such selective...