FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Quantitative genetic variation for post-stress cortisol and swimming performance in growth-selected and control populations of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) BT AF VANDEPUTTE, Marc PORTE, J. D. AUPERIN, B. DUPONT-NIVET, M. VERGNET, Alain VALOTAIRE, C. CLAIREAUX, Guy PRUNET, P. CHATAIN, Beatrice AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:4;4:2;5:3;6:4;7:5;8:4;9:3; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LSEA;6:;7:;8:;9:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-L3AS; C1 IFREMER, L 3AS, F-34250 Palavas Les Flots, France. Univ Paris Saclay, INRA, AgroParisTech, GABI, F-78350 Jouy En Josas, France. IFREMER, MARBEC UMR9190, F-34250 Palavas Les Flots, France. INRA, LPGP UR1037, Physiol & Genom Poissons, F-35000 Rennes, France. UBO, Ctr Ifremer Brest, LEMAR UMR 6539, Unite PFOM ARN, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV PARIS SACLAY, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE INRA, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE SI PALAVAS SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LSEA PDG-RBE-MARBEC-L3AS UM LEMAR MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-univ-france IF 2.57 TC 26 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00308/41955/41218.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Aquaculture;Selective breeding;Stress response;Maximum sustained swimming speed;Heritability;Correlated response AB Sea bass is a major species in Mediterranean aquaculture, and is now being subject to selective breeding programs for faster growth. In terrestrial species, it was demonstrated that fast growth may be linked to a correlated degradation of fitness traits. In this experiment, we evaluated 600 young sea bass from a factorial mating of 76 sires and 13 dams. The sires were from four genetic groups, wild (W), domesticated (D), and selected for growth (2 groups, M and P). The 600 offspring were submitted to two acute confinement stress challenges at 6 weeks intervals, and plasma cortisol at one hour post stress was measured. The same fish were also submitted to two swimming challenges at a 5 days interval, where the maximum sustained swimming speed (Umax) of each fish was evaluated. Parentage was assessed by genotyping of 12 microsatellites. 554 fish had both valid parentage and phenotypes. Cortisol had a low repeatability (r = 0.30 between the two successive measurements) while repeatability was moderate for Umax (r = 0.62). However, genetic correlations between successive measurements were very high (> 0.96) for both traits, indicating that successive measurements were related to the same trait. Heritability was moderate for mean post-stress cortisol (h2 = 0.34 ± 0.09) and Umax (h2 = 0.48 ± 0.08). When Umax was expressed in m.s− 1, it was negatively correlated to cortisol (rA = − 0.48 ± 0.08) and weakly correlated to body weight (rA = 0.12 ± 0.16), but figures changed when it was expressed in Body Lengths.s− 1(h2 = 0.55 ± 0.08, rA = − 0.10 ± 0.19 with cortisol and rA = − 0.64 ± 0.07 with body weight, respectively). Cortisol was moderately negatively correlated with body weight (rA = − 0.36 ± 0.18). The four lines did not differ for cortisol or Umax, but when Umax was expressed in BL.s− 1 it tended to be lower in the two selected lines - which were also significantly larger. However, this is likely due to a phenotypic decrease of relative Umax with increasing body size. We conclude that selection for growth and/or domestication should not impact maximum sustained swimming speed in the European sea bass, but may tend to favour animals with low cortisol responsiveness. These traits could be used to orientate functional capabilities other than productivity in sea bass. PY 2016 PD MAR SO Aquaculture SN 0044-8486 PU Elsevier Science Bv VL 455 UT 000370000600001 BP 1 EP 7 DI 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.01.003 ID 41955 ER EF