FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Potential for genomic selection on feed efficiency in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), based on individual feed conversion ratio, carcass and lipid traits BT AF Besson, Mathieu Rombout, Nicky Salou, Germain Vergnet, Alain Cariou, Sophie Bruant, Jean-Sébastien Izquierdo, Marisol Bestin, Anastasia Clota, Frederic Haffray, Pierrick Allal, Francois Vandeputte, Marc AS 1:1,3,6;2:1,6;3:2;4:2;5:4;6:4;7:5;8:3;9:1,6;10:3;11:2;12:1,6; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LSEA;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LAAAS;12:; C1 Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, Jouy-en-Josas, France MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, INRAE, Palavas-les-Flots, France SYSAAF Section Aquacole, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, France Fermes Marine Du Soleil, La Brée Les Bains, France Grupo de Investigación en Acuicultura, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, INRAE, Palavas-les-Flots, France C2 INRAE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SYSAAF, FRANCE FERMES MARINE SOLEIL, FRANCE UNIV LAS PALMAS GRAN CANARIA, SPAIN INRAE, FRANCE SI PALAVAS SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LAAAS PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LSEA UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-europe IF 3.7 TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00772/88359/93986.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Fine phenotyping;Selective breeding;Aquaculture;Genomic;Restricted feeding;Individual feed efficiency AB Genetic improvement of feed efficiency is key to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of fish farming. However, it requires individual phenotypes of feed efficiency, which are difficult if not impossible to obtain when fish are reared in tanks or cages. Here, we applied and validated on gilthead sea bream a method to evaluate individual feed efficiency based on individual rearing of fish in aquariums under restricted feeding. We collected individual phenotypes of feed efficiency in aquariums on 538 sea bream (average weight = 54.50 g). Based on these individual phenotypes, fish (average weight = 174.6 g) were reared in groups of divergent phenotypes (high or low feed efficiency), validating that individual feed efficiency had an impact on group feed efficiency at a later stage. All 538 fish, their parents as well as 794 sibs reared in cages in a production environment, were genotyped on a 57k SNP array to estimate genomic heritability and correlations between traits. We showed that feed efficiency was heritable but did not find significant associated QTLs. We also showed that feed efficiency was negatively genetically correlated to viscera yield, indicating that the most efficient fish had less viscera than the least efficient ones. Altogether, these results support that measuring individual feed efficiency in aquariums under restricted feeding may be used as a reliable phenotyping method to genetically improve feed efficiency, despite the bias intrinsically linked to individual rearing. PY 2022 PD JUL SO Aquaculture Reports SN 2352-5134 PU Elsevier BV VL 24 UT 000799954500006 DI 10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101132 ID 88359 ER EF