Genome-wide association study identifies loci for traits related to swim bladder in yellow drum (Nibea albiflora)

The yellow drum (Nibea albiflora) is a kind of marine fish in China and East-Asia. The swim bladder is an important economic trait, which has medicinal and edible value. However, genetic studies of the yellow drum are relatively lacking. We performed two genome-wide association study (GWAS) methods on 371 samples (183 males and 188 females) to identify the genes associated with the swim bladder weight (SBW) and the swim bladder index (SBI). The...