Mating design
In April 2003, a classic nested mating design was
carried out at the Provincial Farm of Oujiang Color
Common Carp in Longquan city, Zhejiang province, in
which each male was mated with three females. An equal
amount of eggs from each of the three female breeders
were fertilized with spermfroma single male breeder. The
total of 10 males and 30 females were used to generate 30
full-sib families.