Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Breeding method for orange-adductor-muscle scallop
- Patent Title (中): 橙 - 内收肌肉扇贝的育种方法
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Application No.: US13257746Application Date: 2010-06-12
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Publication No.: US08544415B2Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Zhenmin Bao , Shan Wang , Ning Li , Jingjie Hu , Rui Hou , Xiaoliang Ren , Xiaoli Hu , Wei Lu
- Applicant: Zhenmin Bao , Shan Wang , Ning Li , Jingjie Hu , Rui Hou , Xiaoliang Ren , Xiaoli Hu , Wei Lu
- Applicant Address: CN Qingdao, Shandong
- Assignee: Ocean University of China
- Current Assignee: Ocean University of China
- Current Assignee Address: CN Qingdao, Shandong
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: CN200910231570 20091203
- International Application: PCT/CN2010/073861 WO 20100612
- International Announcement: WO2011/066738 WO 20110609
- Main IPC: A01K61/00
- IPC: A01K61/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method in the field of shellfish breeding techniques, for breeding a scallop population that have improved carotenoid content in the orange-red adductor muscles or other muscle tissues. This method includes the steps of selecting the rare individuals that have orange-red adductor muscles from natural scallop populations, growing the selected scallops, inducing the reproduction, artificially fertilization, and finally breeding a scallop population with orange-red adductor muscles which can be expanded for the cultivation on a large scale. Comparing to other known breeding methods, the present method does not use transgenic technologies to include introduce any exogenous genes, thus does not have any bio-safety and ethics issues. All the mutant scallops with orange-red adductor muscles are selected from natural or cultivated populations. After breeding for four generations, the obtained scallops have abundant carotenoid ingredients in their orange-red adductor muscles. The obtained scallop population is genetically stable and has high survival rate, and it thus can be used for cultivation on a large scale. In summary, this breeding method is simple, low cost and the breeding scallop population has high economic and nutritious values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120006278A1 BREEDING METHOD FOR ORANGE-ADDUCTOR-MUSCLE SCALLOP Public/Granted day:2012-01-12
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