声明
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
ABSTRACT
摘要
List of Abbreviations and Symbols
Chapter 1 Introduction and literature review
1.1 Classification and identification of the Chinese mitten crab
1.2 Geographical distribution of the mitten crabs
1.3 Culture of the Chinese mitten crab in China
1.4 Breeding and hatchery practices of mitten Chinese crabs
1.5 Trembling/Tremor disease
1.6 Micro-satellite DNA marker analysis
1.7 Hypothesis
1.8 Objectives
1.8.1 Major objective
1.8.2 Specific objectives
1.9 Thesis outline
Chapter 2 Identification of the micro-satellite loci that are associated to the trembling disease in the Chinese mitten crab(Eriocheir sinensis)
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Source of the crabs used for this study
2.2 Materials and methods
2.2.1 Materials
2.2.2 Methods
2.3 Results
2.3.2 Results of the association analysis of the microsatellite loci associated to the trembling disease in E.sinensis
2.4 Discussion of results
2.5 Conclusions
Chapter 3 Identification of the micro-satellite loci and genotypes that are associated with trembling disease resistance in Eriocheir sinensis
3.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Source of the crabs used for this study
3.2 Materials and methods
3.2.1 Materials
3.2.2 Methods
3.3 Results
3.3.1 Results from multiple comparison identifying the micro-satellite loci and genotypes affiliated to the trembling disease resistance in E.sinensis
3.4 Discussion
3.5 Conclusions
General conclusion
References
Appendix
Publications
Acknowledgements