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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (17): 189-195.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2026-0199

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Construction of a High-density Genetic Map and QTL Mapping for Sex and Growth Traits in Bellamya purificata

WU Hao1,2(), MA Xueyan2, WEN Haibo2, YANG Kaixuan1,2, YUAN Kai1,2, MA Benhe3, PAN Xianhui4, JIN Wu2()   

  1. 1 College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023
    2 Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences/Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214081
    3 Jiangxi Fisheries Research Institute, Nanchang 330039
    4 Guangxi Fisheries Research Institute/Key Laboratory of Fisheries Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture of Guangxi, Nanning 530021
  • Received:2026-03-17 Revised:2026-06-04 Online:2026-09-09 Published:2026-09-09

Abstract:

In order to carry out molecular marker-assisted breeding and fine mapping of related functional genes of Bellamya purificata, 42 individuals of the recombinant inbred line ‘RIL3’ of B. purificata were used as the mapping population. Based on the whole genome resequencing technology, the whole genome SNP markers were mined and screened. The high-quality SNP markers obtained by mining and screening were used to construct a high-density genetic map using HighMap software. R/qtl software was used to locate QTLs related to gender and growth traits, and candidate genes were screened by genome annotation and functional enrichment analysis. A high-density genetic map containing of 1503 Bin markers with a total map distance of 1115.71 cM was successfully constructed, with an average marker spacing of 0.81 cM. Four QTLs for sex (XB), weight (TZ) and shell width (KK) were mapped on LG2, and the sex QTL explained 17.32 % of the phenotypic variation. Candidate gene analysis showed that the gender QTL interval was enriched in genes related to transmembrane signal transduction, protein dephosphorylation and lipid metabolism, and the growth trait QTL interval was involved in chitin metabolism, kinase signaling and basal metabolic pathways. The results indicate that the sex determination of B. purificata may be regulated by a non-classical signal network with receptor tyrosine phosphatase as the core, and the growth traits are affected by multiple genes, which provide a key genetic basis for the molecular mechanism analysis and molecular breeding of sex and growth traits of this species.

Key words: Bellamya purificata, genetic map, QTL, sex determination, growth traits

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