Selection and Breeding Programs in Aquaculture

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gjedrem, Trygve (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Aquatic ecology.; Animal genetics.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.

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 prod...