Aquaculture Molecular Breeding Platform (AMBP): a comprehensive web server for genotype imputation and genetic analysis in aquaculture

It is of vital importance to understand the population structure, dissect the genetic bases of performance traits, and make proper strategies for selection in breeding programs. However, there is no single webserver covering the specific needs in aquaculture. We present Aquaculture Molecular Breedin...

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Published in:Nucleic Acids Research
Main Authors: Zeng, Qifan, Zhao, Baojun, Wang, Hao, Wang, Mengqiu, Teng, Mingxuan, Hu, Jingjie, Bao, Zhenmin, Wang, Yangfan
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2022
Subjects:
Web Server Issue
Pacific
Atlantic salmon
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9252723/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35639514
https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac424
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Summary:It is of vital importance to understand the population structure, dissect the genetic bases of performance traits, and make proper strategies for selection in breeding programs. However, there is no single webserver covering the specific needs in aquaculture. We present Aquaculture Molecular Breeding Platform (AMBP), the first web server for genetic data analysis in aquatic species of farming interest. AMBP integrates the haplotype reference panels of 18 aquaculture species, which greatly improves the accuracy of genotype imputation. It also supports multiple tools to infer genetic structures, dissect the genetic architecture of performance traits, estimate breeding values, and predict optimum contribution. All the tools are coherently linked in a web-interface for users to generate interpretable results and evaluate statistical appropriateness. The webserver supports standard VCF and PLINK (PED, MAP) files, and implements automated pipelines for format transformation and visualization to simplify the process of analysis. As a demonstration, we applied the webserver to Pacific white shrimp and Atlantic salmon datasets. In summary, AMBP constitutes comprehensive resources and analytical tools for exploring genetic data and guiding practical breeding programs. AMBP is available at http://mgb.qnlm.ac.

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