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...

Table of Contents:

• Status and Scope of Aquaculture
• Basic Genetics
• Population Genetics
• Polygenic Inheritance
• Basic Statistical Parameters
• Kinship, Relationship and Inbreeding
• Selection
• Reproductive Traits in Aquatic Animals
• Methods for Estimating Phenotypic and Genetic Parameters
• Breeding Strategies
• Selection Methods
• Design of Breeding Programs
• Prediction of Breeding Values
• Genotype — Environment Interaction
• Measuring Genetic Change
• Breeding Plans
• Organising Breeding Programs
• Chromosome Engineering
• Modern Biotechnology and Aquaculture
• Genetic Interactions Between Farmed and Wild Fish, with Examples from the Atlantic Salmon Case in Norway.