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Table 9 QTL studies in selected aquaculture species with major US aquaculture species in bold

From: Aquaculture genomics, genetics and breeding in the United States: current status, challenges, and priorities for future research

Species

Traits

Reference

Arctic charr

Body weight and sexual maturation; Salinity tolerance

Küttner et al. 2011 [185]

Norman et al. 2011 [186]

Asian seabass

Resistance against viral nervous necrosis disease

Liu et al. 2016 [187]

Growth-related traits

Wang et al. 2006 [188]

Omega-3 fatty acids

Xia et al. 2014 [189]

Atlantic salmon

Growth traits and flesh colour

Baranski et al. 2010 [190]; Tsai et al. 2014 [191]; 2015 [192]; Moen et al. 2009 [99]; 2015

Resistance against IPN

[101]; Houston et al. 2008 [98]; 2010 [100]

Late sexual maturation

Gutierrez et al. 2014 [193]

Resistance to pancreas disease

Gonen et al. 2015 [194]

Catfish

Columnaris disease resistance

Geng et al. 2015 [102]

ESC disease resistance

Wang et al. 2013 [38]; Zhou et al. 2017 [103]

Hypoxia tolerance

Wang et al. 2016 [105];

Heat stress

Jin et al. 2016 [104]

Head size

Geng et al. 2016 [106]

Common carp

Muscle fiber traits

Zhang et al. 2011 [195]

Morphometric traits

Boulton et al. 2011 [196]

Swimming ability

Laghari et al. 2014 [197]

Eastern oyster

Disease resistance

Yu and Guo, 2006 [110]

European seabass

Growth, body weight

Louro et al. 2016 [198],

Morphometric traits and stress response

Massault et al. 2010 [199]

Pacific white shrimp

Growth parameters

Andriantahina et al. 2013 [178]

Giant tiger prawn

Disease resistance and sex determination

Robinson et al. 2014 [200]

Japanese flounder

Vibrio anguillarum resistance

Wang et al. 2014 [201]

Pacific oyster

Growth

Guo et al. 2012 [112]

Resistance against summer mortality

Sauvage et al. 2010 [202]

Viability

Plough & Hedgecock, 2011 [111]; Plough et al. 2016 [113]

Gilthead seabream

Skeletal deformities

Negrín-Báez et al. 2015 [203]

Sex determination and body growth

Loukovitis et al. 2011 [204]

Resistance to fish pasteurellosis

Massault et al. 2011 [205]

Rainbow trout

Growth related traits

Kocmarek et al. 2015 [206]; Wringe at al., 2010 [207]; Leder at al., 2006 [208]; Easton et al. 2011 [209]; Miller et al. 2012 [210]

Spawning time; development rate

Upper thermal tolerance

Perry et al. 2005 [211]

Whirling disease resistance

Baerwald et al. 2011 [212]

Bacterial cold water disease resistance

Vallejo et al. 2014 [107]; Palti et al. 2015 [108]; Liu et al. 2015 [109]; Campbell et al. 2014 [213]

IHNV disease resistance

Rodriguez et al. 2004 [214]; Campbell et al. 2014 [213]

Fillet yield

Gonzalez-Pena et al. 2016 [26]

Osmoregulation capacity

Le Bras et al. 2011 [215]

Response to crowding stress

Rexroad et al. 2013 [216]; Liu et al. 2015 [217]

Turbot

Growth traits

Sánchez-Molano et al. 2011 [218]

Aeromonas resistance

Rodríguez-Ramilo et al. 2011 [219]

Resistance against Philasterides

Rodríguez‐Ramilo et al. 2013 [220]

Resistance to viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

Rodríguez-Ramilo et al. 2014 [221]

Tilapia

Growth traits

Liu et al. 2014 [222]; Wang et al. 2015 [223]

Sex

Palaiokostas et al. 2015 [224]