A colour transcriptome is not an inheritance map

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What changed

The colour and genetics gap map now includes the 2022 red, blue and chocolate cephalothorax transcriptome and its public nine-run archive without promoting expression differences or mined SSRs into breeding guidance.

Why it changed

The archive confirms three labeled RNA-seq samples per phenotype, but neither it nor the accessible article record states the shrimp count or pooling behind each library, independent tank and family units, or a standardized colour measurement. The study compared phenotype-associated expression. It did not test a named trade line, causal DNA variant, segregation ratio, dominance, cross forecast or validated genetic marker, and complete methods remain unavailable.

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