Growth rate was measured on wild Long Island Sound stock Crassostrea virginica larvae and spat and used to calculate heritability estimates. The heritability estimates for larval growth rate ranged from 0.40 to 0.55. Heritability estimates for spat growth rate measured at 6 weeks post‐setting averaged 0.50. An analysis of relationship between larval and spat growth rates is presented in this paper.
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