RT Journal Article
T1 A genetic linkage map of the threatened catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri: Inferences on effective population size
A1 Coimbra, Maria Raquel Moura
A1 Farias, Renata
A1 Da Silva, Bruno Ceolin N.R.
A1 Blanco Hortas, Andrés
A1 Hermida, Miguel
A1 Caballero, Armando
A1 Bekaert, Michaël
A1 Martínez Portela, Paulino
K1 Catfish
K1 Lophiosilurus alexandri
K1 Genetic linkage map
K1 Aquaculture catfish species
K1 2351 SNP markers
K1 ddRAD technology
AB We report the first genetic linkage map of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri, a South American threatened and promising aquaculture catfish species. Using the progeny of three full-sib families, with 141, 74, and 49 offspring, respectively, we could genotype 2351 SNP markers using the ddRAD technology, shared by the male and the female maps constructed. The averaged, female and male maps spanned a total length of 2201.3 cM, 2481.9 cM, and 1872.8 cM, respectively, and comprehended the expected 27 linkage groups according to the karyotype information of the species (2n = 54). The recombination rate was nearly twice higher in the female than in the male map. The average map was used to estimate the historical effective population size (Ne) of the species from linkage disequilibrium between pairs of SNPs using parental individuals and revealed a remarkable drop in Ne about 20–25 generations in the past. The construction of the biggest artificial reservoir in Latin America and associated nutrient retention is pointed as a possible reason for such a reduction and suggests a reevaluation of the conservation status of the species. The current map lays the groundwork for understanding the genetic basis of economically important traits in breeding programs and will be useful for the genome assembly of this important commercial species
PB Wiley Open Access
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32438
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32438
LA eng
NO Coimbra, M. R. M., Farias, R. D. S., da Silva, B. C., Blanco, A., Hermida, M., Caballero, A., ... & Martinez, P. (2023). A genetic linkage map of the threatened catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri: Inferences on effective population size. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 8(6), 689-694
NO This work was funded by Grupo Boticário de Proteção à Natureza (1076_20162) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq (grants 407789/2016–2 and 202015/2020–3).The sixth and eighth authors were funded by grants PID 2020-114426 GB-C21 (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), Xunta de Galicia (ED431C 2020–05), Centro Singular de Investigación de Galicia (2019–2022) and “ERDF A way of making Europe”
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026