The invention discloses a meat duck body length character
molecular marker as well as an identification primer and application thereof. The
molecular marker is a duck No.28
chromosome chr28: 301790 locus, the locus has a T / C
allele, and the corresponding genotypes are TT, TC and CC. The invention further provides an
allele specific primer combination based on the KASP technology, the
allele specific primer combination comprises an FAM primer, a VIC primer and a universal primer, and the specific sequences of the FAM primer, the VIC primer and the universal primer are shown as SEQ ID NO.1-3. According to the method, marker-assisted selection is carried out on 10 commercial lines of Huaifu meat ducks, TT type individuals are preferentially selected and reserved, CC type individuals are eliminated, the semi-submersible length is increased by 3.95 cm, the
body weight is increased by 200 g, and the
progress rate of breeding generations is increased by 38% or above. The method is simple and convenient to operate, low in cost and high in accuracy, and a molecular tool and a
technical support are provided for early-stage precise breeding of body length characters of Huaifu meat ducks and similar strains.