|
|
David, Elise; Boudry, Pierre; Degremont, Lionel; Tanguy, Amelie; Quere, N; Samain, Jean-francois; Moraga, D. |
Large-scale mortality events have been observed in Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas on the west coast of France since the early 1980s, particularly during summer. In order to understand the causes of this mortality, two generations of oysters from single-pair matings were studied in three sites on the French Atlantic coast (Baie-des-Veys, Auray and Ronce-les-Bains). The present paper examines the role of two candidate genes in the susceptibility of oysters to summer mortality, and the selective pressure exerted by such mortality on their polymorphism. Glutamine synthetase (amino-acid metabolism) and delta-9 desaturase (lipid metabolism) genes were studied in the successive generations, using polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: SSCP; Mortality; Glutamine synthetase; Delta 9 desaturase; Crassostrea gigas. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3040.pdf |
| |