Pacific oyster survival, size and microsatellite data measured during infection experiments ...

• Main Authors: Wendling, Carolin Charlotte, Fabritzek, Armin Georg, Wegner, K Mathias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.868904; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.868904

The consequences of emerging marine diseases on the evolutionary trajectories of affected host populations in the marine realm are largely unexplored. Evolution in response to natural selection depends on the genetic variation of the traits under selection and the interaction of these traits with the environment (GxE). However, in the case of diseases, genotypes of pathogens add another dimension to this interaction. Therefore, the study of disease resistance needs to be extended to the interaction of host genotype, pathogen genotype and environment (GxGxE). In the present study we used a full-sib breeding design crossing two genetically differentiated populations of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793), to determine the influence of host genotype, pathogen genotype and temperature on disease resistance. Based on a controlled infection experiment on two early life stages, i.e. D-larvae and Pediveliger larvae at elevated and ambient water temperatures we estimated disease resistance to ... : Supplement to: Wendling, Carolin Charlotte; Fabritzek, Armin Georg; Wegner, K Mathias (2017): Population-specific genotype x genotype x environment interactions in bacterial disease of early life stages of Pacific oyster larvae. Evolutionary Applications, 10(4), 338-347 ...