Although aquaculture as a biological production system has a long history, systematic and efficient breeding programs to improve economically important traits in the farmed species have rarely been utilized until recently, except for salmonid species. This means that the majority of aquaculture production (more than 90 %) is based on genetically unimproved stocks. In farm animals the situation is vastly different: practically no terrestrial farm production is based on genetically unimproved and undomesticated populations. This difference between aquaculture and livestock production is in...
Although aquaculture as a biological production system has a long history, systematic and efficient breeding programs to improve economically importan...
This book provides a basic introduction to selective breeding in aquatic species, and describes the concepts behind establishing and running successful breeding programs. Although only 10% of world aquaculture production is currently based on genetically improved stocks, the dramatic gains achieved in species such as Atlantic salmon and tilapia serve to demonstrate the potential of selective breeding to improve growth, product quality, disease resistance and other commercially important traits. As increasing pressure is placed on feed, land and water resources, there is a growing need for...
This book provides a basic introduction to selective breeding in aquatic species, and describes the concepts behind establishing and running succes...
This book describes the basic elements in the theory of animal breeding and inheritance of quantitative economic traits and the way in which this technology can be implemented in selective breeding programs for aquaculture species. The role and the implementation of molecular genetics in modern selective breeding programs is also addressed. The book 's main objective is to stimulate development of efficient selective breeding programs in aquaculture, the world 's fastest growing industry for animal protein production. Considerable genetic gain from selection has been demonstrated for several...
This book describes the basic elements in the theory of animal breeding and inheritance of quantitative economic traits and the way in which this tech...
