Studies on Genetic Diversity of Selected Population of Hybrid Scallop Chlamys farreri(♀)× Patinopecten yessoensis(♂) by Microsatellites Markers
<p class="1Body">The growth superiority of hybrid scallop <em>Chlamys farreri </em>(♀) × <em>Patinopecten yessoensis </em>(♂), as the following successive generation selection have been reported. However, the data about the genetic diversity in those population remains unexplored. In this study, the genetic structure analysis of F<sub>1</sub>, F<sub>2</sub> and F<sub>3 </sub>were conducted by PCR with 10 Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) primers. It showed that a total of 68 alleles were detected, and the number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 11, Polymorphism Information Content<em> </em>(<em>PIC</em>) per locus ranged from 0.4729 to 0.8429. And, the average observed heterozygosity (<em>H<sub>o</sub></em>) of the three populations were 0.6100, 0.6975 and 0.7750, while the average expected heterozygosity (<em>H<sub>e</sub></em>) were 0.7607, 0.7751 and 0.7379 respectively. <em>F<sub>st </sub></em>values among the three populations were also low (<em>F<sub>st</sub></em><0.05) which suggested low genetic differentiation between each two populations. In all, those data indicated the genetic structure challenge caused by hybridization and selection, supplying a new angle to understand artificial selective breeding.</p>