Penaeus monodon Transcriptome or Gene expression

In order to develop high quality broodstock and fry, an efficient and standardized method of artificial selection and breeding must be done. The classical approach, however, requires tedious work and long term investment. The study, therefore, uses Next Generation Sequencing technology coupled with suppression subtractive hybridization to determine several immune related genes found only or highly upregulated in 'resistant' P. monodon that will establish quantitive trait loci (QTL) or candidate genes for marker-assisted broodstock selection and development in Philippine shrimp farms. Candidate microsatellite markers are also presented.