摘要
Folliclestimulatinghormoneβ(FSHβ)ofJapaneseflounder(Paralichthysolivaceus)playsakeyroleintheregulationofgonadaldevelopment.ThisstudyaimedtoinvestigatemoleculargeneticcharacteristicsoftheFSHβgeneandelucidatetheeffectsofsinglenucleotidepolymorphisms(SNPs)ofFSHβonreproductivetraitsinJapaneseflounder.Weusedpolymerasechainreactionsingle-strandconformationpolymorphism(PCR-SSCP)andsequencingoftheFSHβgenein60individuals.WeidentifiedonlyanSNP(T/C)inthecodingregionofexon3ofFSHβ.TheSNP(T/C)didnotleadtoaminoacidchangesattheposition340bpofFSHβgene.StatisticalanalysisshowedthattheSNPwassignificantlyassociatedwithtestosterone(T)levelandgonadosomaticindex(GSI)(P<0.05).IndividualswithgenotypeTCoftheSNPhadsignificantlyhigherserumTlevelsandGSI(P<0.05)thanthatofgenotypeCC.Therefore,FSHβgenecouldbeausefulmolecularmarkerinselectionforprominentreproductivetraitinJapaneseFlounder.
出版日期
2010年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)