A molecular insight into the resistance of yellow drum to Vibrio harveyi by genome-wide association analysis

Yellow drum (Nibea albiflora), a commercially important fish species in the coastal regions of southeast China, suffers greatly from attacks from bacteria, viruses, and parasites. To uncover their immune responses, the yellow drums were artificially challenged with the pathogenic Vibrio harveyi, and genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed to identify the associated SNPs and genetic loci for disease resistance trait. Sequence analysis...