Characterization of Captive Breeders to Preserve the Residual Genetic Diversity of Adriatic Sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling and Molecular Markers Used
2.2. Parental Allocation Analysis
2.3. Analyses and Visualization of Pairwise Genetic Distances
3. Results
3.1. Pedigree Reconstruction
3.2. Multi-Dimensional Scaling and Relatedness Inference
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Family Group | Parental Pair | N F1 Tot (Alive) | mtDNA Haplotype | Family Group | Parental Pair | N F1 Tot (Alive) | mtDNA Haplotype |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Pelvienne (F) × NaccS18 (M) | 14 (5) | 2 | 17 | NaccS8 (F) × 740 (M) | 21 (14) | 2 |
02 | NaccS8 (F) × Matto (M) | 9 (6) | 2 | 18 | NaccS3 (F) × Matto (M) | 5 (1) | 3 |
03 | NaccS7 (F) × NaccS6 (M) | 12 (12) | 3 | 19 | NaccS33 (F) × 740 (M) | 4 (2) | 3 |
04 | NaccS8 (F) × NaccS31 (M) | 17 (15) | 2 | 20 | NaccS7 (F) × VerdeBis (M) | 2 (1) | 3 |
05 | NaccS33 (F) × NaccS11 (M) | 10 (4) | 3 | 21 | NaccS12 (F) × NaccS17 (M) | 1 (1) | 2 |
06 | O2 (F) × Matto (M) | 12 (9) | 5 | 22 | Indecisa (U) × Matto (M) | 2 (2) | 2 |
07 | NaccS26 (F) × NaccS29 (M) | 27 (18) | 5 | 23 | Indecisa (U) × AnS11 (M) | 1 (1) | 2 |
08 | NaccS19 (F) × NaccS17 (M) | 18 (17) | 5/7 | 24 | NaccS12 (F) × Matto (M) | 1 (0) | 2 |
09 | NaccS28 (F) × NaccS17 (M) | 51 (30) | 3 | 25 | Naccs3 (F)–Naccs29 (M) | 1 (0) | 3 |
10 | NaccS16 (F) × NaccS23 (M) | 39 (15) | 3 | 26 | NaccS16 (F) × 740 (M) | 1 (1) | 3 |
11 | NaccS19 (F) × NaccS31 (M) | 30 (21) | 5/7 | 27 | NaccS16 (F) × NaccS29 (M) | 1 (1) | 3 |
12 | NaccS16 (F) × NaccS30 (M) | 13 (2) | 3 | 28 | Naccs8 (F)–Naccs11 (M) | 6 (6) | 2 |
13 | NaccS33 (F) × NaccS9 (M) | 17 (12) | 3 | 29 | Pelvienne (F)–Naccs23 (M) | 3 (3) | 2 |
14 | NaccS8 (F) × NaccS17 (M) | 8 (8) | 2 | 30 | Non-allocated | 141 (108) | - |
15 | NaccS12 (F) × NaccS27 (M) | 10 (3) | 2 | 31 | Multi-allocated | 7 (7) | - |
16 | NaccS3 (F) × 740 (M) | 21 (6) | 3 |
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Barca, F.; Dalle Palle, S.; Schiavon, L.; Samassa, C.; Castaldelli, G.; Boscari, E.; Congiu, L. Characterization of Captive Breeders to Preserve the Residual Genetic Diversity of Adriatic Sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii). Diversity 2022, 14, 829. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14100829
Barca F, Dalle Palle S, Schiavon L, Samassa C, Castaldelli G, Boscari E, Congiu L. Characterization of Captive Breeders to Preserve the Residual Genetic Diversity of Adriatic Sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii). Diversity. 2022; 14(10):829. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14100829
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarca, Federica, Stefano Dalle Palle, Luca Schiavon, Chiara Samassa, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Elisa Boscari, and Leonardo Congiu. 2022. "Characterization of Captive Breeders to Preserve the Residual Genetic Diversity of Adriatic Sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii)" Diversity 14, no. 10: 829. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14100829