1. Gene$c
varia$on
in
resistance
to
Pacific
oyster
mortality
syndrome
Peter
Kube
(CSIRO)
Ma?hew
Cunningham
(ASI)
Mike
Dove
(NSW
DPI)
Wayne
O’Connor
(NSW
DPI)
Paul
Hick
(NSW
DPI)
Presenta$on
to
Shellfish
Futures
2012
17-‐19
August
2012
Port
Arthur
Tasmania
9. A
group
of
cousins
þ
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
34
28
42
2
10
21
45
8
15
32
51
29
25
12
47
13
43
26
18
3
19
16
30
20
23
24
36
7
9
5
11
17
35
49
50
41
48
1
4
22
6
27
33
SURVIVAL
EBV
FAMILY
NUMBER
Estimated
Breeding
Value
for
Survival:
2011
Year
Class
Families
10. A
group
of
cousins
ý
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
3
4
2
8
4
2 2
1
0
2
1
4
5 8
1
5
3
2
5
1
2
9
2
5
1
2
4
7
1
3
4
3
2
6
1
8 3
1
9
1
6
3
0
2
0
2
3
2
4
3
6 7 9 5
1
1
1
7
3
5
4
9
5
0
4
1
4
8 1 4
2
2 6
2
7
3
3
S
U
R
V
IV
A
L
EB
V
FAMILY
NUMBER
Estimated
Breeding
Value
for
Survival:
2011
Year
Class
Families
11. FAMILY
2009003 FAMILY
2009025 FAMILY
2009027
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
IN
D
IV
ID
U
A
L
S
U
R
V
IV
A
L
E
B
V
Within
Family
Variation
(3
selected
families
only)
18. The
main
messages
• Gene$c
selec$on
will
improve
resistance
• But
it
is
most
likely
a
medium
term
solu$on
• S$ll
lots
to
learn
about
the
gene$c
inheritance
of
this
disease
19. Acknowledgements
• The
trial
site
was
provided
by
Drakes
Oysters
and
this
work
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
assistance
of
Bob
Drake,
Ted
Drake
and
Len
Drake
• This
study
was
done
as
part
of
the
Seafood
CRC
and
was
made
possible
with
funding
assistance
by
the
Seafood
CRC
• Richard
Whiengton
and
Ika
Paul-‐Pont
(University
of
Sydney)
have
helped
out
by
generously
sharing
their
knowledge
and
experience