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TitleYields of cultured Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas Thunberg improved after one generation of selection
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsLangdon, C, Evans, F, Jacobson, D, Blouin, M
JournalAquaculture
Volume220
Pagination227-244
Type of ArticleJournal Article
ISSN0044-8486
Abstract

{Parental families (Go) in three lines of Pacific oysters were selected based on live weight and meat yields at harvest. The average live weight yield of progeny (G(1)) from crossing Go-selected lines in seven trials was 9.5% greater than that of nonselected control families and live weight yields were significantly greater (ANOVA, P0.05). A significant genotype x environment interaction affected yields in both cohort 5 and cohort 7 (ANOVA; P

URL<Go to ISI>://WOS:000182099100020
DOI10.1016/s0044-8486(02)00621-x