Genomic selection improves survival time under high ammonia nitrogen stress in Litopenaeus vannamei
Abstract
BackgroundLitopenaeus vannamei is an economically important species in global aquaculture. Enhancing its environmental resistance through selective breeding is important for improving the efficiency of intensive farming. Genomic selection (GS) can speed up genetic improvement, but it has not been widely used in commercial shrimp breeding because genotyping entire candidate populations is too expensive. In this study, we compared the predictive ability of six GS models with that of the traditional pedigree-based best linear unbiased prediction (PBLUP) model to evaluate the effect of GS on the high ammonia nitrogen resistance in L. vannamei. We then proposed and validated a cost-effective breeding strategy that combines BLUP method with GS in the progeny.ResultsThe heritability of high ammonia nitrogen tolerance was 0.26 from the pedigree model, and 0.56–0.58 from genomic models. GS improved prediction accuracy by 32.45–39.25% compared with pedigree-based PBLUP. Progeny validation based on ssGBLUP showed that the high-resistance group had 11.38−11.82% longer survival time than the sensitive group, with a significant positive correlation between Genomic Estimated Breeding Values (GEBVs) and observed survival time.ConclusionsThe integration of BLUP with GS provides an economically feasible breeding strategy for shrimp. This approach balances accuracy and cost, making genomic information practical for commercial shrimp breeding.
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BibTeX
@article{fu2026genomic,
title = {{Genomic selection improves survival time under high ammonia nitrogen stress in Litopenaeus vannamei}},
author = {Shuo Fu and Yuan Zhang and Guangbo Wu and Chaoan Guo and Jianyong Liu},
journal = {Genetics Selection Evolution},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.1186/s12711-026-01081-6},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05731884v1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Genomic selection improves survival time under high ammonia nitrogen stress in Litopenaeus vannamei
AU - Shuo Fu
AU - Yuan Zhang
AU - Guangbo Wu
AU - Chaoan Guo
AU - Jianyong Liu
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/31
JO - Genetics Selection Evolution
DO - 10.1186/s12711-026-01081-6
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05731884v1
AB - BackgroundLitopenaeus vannamei is an economically important species in global aquaculture. Enhancing its environmental resistance through selective breeding is important for improving the efficiency of intensive farming. Genomic selection (GS) can speed up genetic improvement, but it has not been widely used in commercial shrimp breeding because genotyping entire candidate populations is too expensive. In this study, we compared the predictive ability of six GS models with that of the traditional pedigree-based best linear unbiased prediction (PBLUP) model to evaluate the effect of GS on the high ammonia nitrogen resistance in L. vannamei. We then proposed and validated a cost-effective breeding strategy that combines BLUP method with GS in the progeny.ResultsThe heritability of high ammonia nitrogen tolerance was 0.26 from the pedigree model, and 0.56–0.58 from genomic models. GS improved prediction accuracy by 32.45–39.25% compared with pedigree-based PBLUP. Progeny validation based on ssGBLUP showed that the high-resistance group had 11.38−11.82% longer survival time than the sensitive group, with a significant positive correlation between Genomic Estimated Breeding Values (GEBVs) and observed survival time.ConclusionsThe integration of BLUP with GS provides an economically feasible breeding strategy for shrimp. This approach balances accuracy and cost, making genomic information practical for commercial shrimp breeding.
SN - 0999-193X
SN - 1297-9686
ER -