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Yellow catfish has become one of the most important freshwater aquaculture species in China. The mono-sex male yellow catfish has important application value in aquaculture because the male grows generally faster than the sibling females under the same conditions. This study has screened YY super-male and YY physiological female yellow catfish by sex reversal, gynogenesis, and progeny testing, which can help to achieve the large-scale production of YY super-male and XY all-male. From 2008 to 2010, about 123,000 YY super-male were produced, and about 81 million XY all-male fry were produced with 100 % male rate by random sampling. Therefore, these results indicate that YY super-male and YY physiological female yellow catfish can be viable and fertile. We conclude that the mono-sex breeding technique by YY super-male yellow catfish is stable and reliable, which has great potential for application in yellow catfish aquaculture.
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This work was financially supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (grant no. 200903046), the Transformational Fund of Agricultural Scientific and Technological Achievements in China (grant no. 2010GB23320633), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 31172400), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China (grant no. 2009CDA121, 2010CBB02101).
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Liu, H., Guan, B., Xu, J. et al. Genetic Manipulation of Sex Ratio for the Large-Scale Breeding of YY Super-Male and XY All-Male Yellow Catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco (Richardson)). Mar Biotechnol 15, 321–328 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-012-9487-7
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