Identification of a fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase gene and association of the single nucleotide polymorphisms with growth traits in the clam Meretrix meretrix

Wang, Chao, Wang, Hongxia, Li, Yan, and Liu, Baozhong (2012) Identification of a fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase gene and association of the single nucleotide polymorphisms with growth traits in the clam Meretrix meretrix. Molecular Biology Reports, 39 (4). pp. 5017-5024.

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Abstract

This study investigated whether there were single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA) gene associated with growth traits of the clam Meretrix meretrix. A FBA gene was identified in M. meretrix and its deduced amino acid residues shared high identity with type I aldolase. The FBA (MmeFBA) mRNA expression profile was examined by real-time PCR in different tissues and the significantly high expression level in foot and adduct muscle suggests that MmeFBA is a muscle type aldolase which functions in glycolytic pathway. In the MmeFBA gene, we identified four intron SNPs and three exon SNPs including a nonsynonymous SNP (mmfbae-2). These SNPs were genotyped in 205 clams from two clam populations with significantly different growth performance. Results showed that allele frequencies of three SNPs (mmfbai-1, mmfbai-3 and mmfbae-2) and the genotype frequency of mmfbai-1 were all significantly different between the two populations. The haplotype analysis further supported the three SNPs distributed differently between the two populations. This study successively characterized three growth-related SNPs in a gene involved in energy metabolism of M. meretrix. These findings could contribute the development of phenotype-selective breeding program in M. meretrix.

Item ID: 28108
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1573-4978
Keywords: Meretrix meretrix, SNP, FBA gene, growth trait
Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2013 01:41
FoR Codes: 10 TECHNOLOGY > 1001 Agricultural Biotechnology > 100102 Agricultural Marine Biotechnology @ 50%
07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0704 Fisheries Sciences > 070401 Aquaculture @ 50%
SEO Codes: 83 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8398 Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production > 839899 Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production not elsewhere classified @ 50%
97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 50%
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