Assessment of Tools for Marker-Assisted Selection in a Marine Commercial Species: Significant Association between MSTN-1 Gene Polymorphism and Growth Traits
Table 4
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for weight, length, and condition index within genotypes for different age groups in S. aurata. Breeders are considered without respect to gender.
Locus
Phenotypic variable
W-B
L-B
C-B
W-J120
L-J120
C-J120
W-A635
L-A635
C-A635
W-A819
L-A819
C-A819
IGF-I-P
TaqI
F
0.325
0.492
0.758
0.046
0.243
4.227
3.328
3.101
1.227
1.457
1.408
1.137
P
0.807
0.689
0.520
0.996
0.913
0.003b
0.040a
0.049a
0.297
0.220
0.236
0.343
N
131
131
131
148
148
148
108
108
108
120
120
120
MSTN1_A
HaeIII
F
8.010
8.578
0.614
0.177
0.105
0.117
0.665
0.807
0.297
3.521
2.832
2.546
P
0.005b
0.004b
0.435
0.675
0.675
0.732
0.417
0.371
0.587
0.063
0.095
0.113
N
131
131
131
148
148
148
108
108
108
120
120
120
DraI
F
0.303
0.712
0.290
0.012
0.003
1.430
0.422
1.859
11.918
—
—
—
P
0.583
0.400
0.591
0.912
0.960
0.234
0.518
0.176
0.001b
—
—
—
N
131
131
131
148
148
148
108
108
108
120
120
120
MSTN1_B
HaeIII
F
4.236
3.723
0.440
5.103
3.924
0.047
4.747
3.292
4.510
0.518
0.144
2.929
P
0.017a
0.027a
0.645
0.007b
0.022a
0.954
0.011a
0.041a
0.013a
0.597
0.866
0.057
N
131
131
131
148
148
148
108
108
108
118
118
118
PRL_1
EcoRV
F
1.534
1.779
0.416
0.182
0.136
1.255
1.587
1.380
3.429
2.111
2.043
0.573
P
0.220
0.173
0.660
0.834
0.873
0.288
0.197
0.253
0.020a
0.126
0.134
0.565
N
131
131
131
148
148
148
108
108
108
120
120
120
BspLU11I
F
1.123
1.199
0.415
0.453
0.463
0.716
2.086
1.882
1.513
0.944
1.019
0.365
P
0.352
0.313
0.838
0.810
0.803
0.613
0.061
0.102
0.181
0.467
0.417
0.900
N
131
131
131
148
148
148
108
108
108
120
120
120
PRL_3_4
FokI
F
0.030
0.026
0.103
1.022
1.395
0.400
0.437
0.122
1.230
0.416
0.336
0.653
P
0.97
0.974
0.902
0.362
0.251
0.671
0.647
0.885
0.297
0.661
0.715
0.522
N
131
131
131
147
147
147
107
107
108
119
119
119
W-, L-, and C-: body weight, fork length, and condition index, respectively; B: breeders; J120: juveniles sampled 120 days after hatching; A635: adults sampled 635 days after hatching; A819 Adults sampled 819 days after hatching; F: F value; P: P value; N: number of individuals analyzed.
aSignificant at .
bSignificant at = 0.00714.