Feed competition reduces heritable variation for body weight in Litopenaeus vannamei

Abstract Background Competition is a common social interaction among shrimp and depending on its intensity, it can affect heritable variation and response to selection. Little is known about the variance of indirect genetic effects (IGE) under competitive and non-competitive conditions in shrimp. In...

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Main Authors: Sheng Luan, Guangfeng Qiang, Baoxiang Cao, Kun Luo, Xianhong Meng, Baolong Chen, Jie Kong
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-020-00565-3