A de novo transcriptome of the noble scallop, Chlamys nobilis , focusing on mining transcripts for carotenoid-based coloration

Table 6 Progeny testing of the four lines in scallop C. nobilis

No.	Carotenoid content of adductor muscle (μg/g dry weight) and SRB-like-3 detected
	Line1		Line2		Line3		Line4
	Orange	Brown	Orange	Brown	Orange	Brown	Orange	Brown
1	84.86^D	2.92^ND	104.66^D	5.67^ND	89.54^D	5.14^ND	97.53^D	5.24^ND
2	90.52^D	3.73^ND	95.26^D	4.96^ND	92.56^D	8.52^ND	95.78^D	5.74^ND
3	95.77^D	4.16^ND	100.19^D	5.32^ND	109.93^D	5.58^ND	89.12^D	4.24^ND
4	86.19^D	2.93^ND	88.44^D	5.32^ND	106.01^D	4.92^ND	94.25^D	5.33^ND
5	93.48^D	2.54^ND	83.69^D	4.47^ND	93.65^D	4.76^ND	97.17^D	4.60^ND
6	96.10^D	2.53^ND	105.33^D	5.05^ND	88.54^D	5.38^ND	95.01^D	5.29^ND
7	87.46^D	3.04^ND	104.96^D	5.24^ND	103.14^D	5.96^ND	87.49^D	6.26^ND
8	97.38^D	2.92^ND	90.12^D	7.03^ND	97.54^D	5.62^ND	101.43^D	5.53^ND
9	85.77^D	2.65^ND	90.97^D	5.78^ND	92.99^D	4.88^ND	Missed	7.79^ND
10	92.09^D	3.62^ND	Missed	5.13^ND	108.23^D	7.61^ND	Missed	6.41^ND
Mean ± SD	90.96 ± 4.69^**	3.10 ± 0.55	95.96 ± 8.13^**	5.40 ± 0.68	98.21 ± 7.97^**	5.84 ± 1.25	94.72 ± 4.54^**	5.64 ± 1.00
Total detected	10	0	9	0	10	0	8	0

^DSRB-like-3 was detected; ^NDSRB-like-3 was not detected. ^**indicate very significant differences (P < 0.01) in carotenoid content between orange and brown scallops in the same line.

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