2005, ISBN: 9781402033421

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 selectiv… Meer...

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 aquatic species in traits like growth rate and survival. AKVAFORSK and allied institutions have demonstrated the value of selection in Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, Nile tilapia, rohu carp and the shrimp Penaeus vannamei. Presently, however, less than 10 % of total world aquaculture production is based on genetically improved animals. The urgent challenge to the industry is to implement and start selective breeding programs in order to make the aquaculture industry more competitive and sustainable, through improving the utilization of feed, land and water resources. The text has been written by scientists at AKVAFORSK, Akvaforsk Genetics Center and co-workers in order to summarise present knowledge in the field, and to encourage implementation of selective breeding programs for economically important fish and shellfish species around the world. TOC:Preface.- Contributors.- 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 - Appendix.- References.- Index. eBook Springer PDF, Springer, 05.12.2005, Springer, 2005<

ISBN: 9781402033421

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 r… Meer...

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 spite of the fact that the basic elements of breeding theory are the same for fish and shellfish as for farm animals. One possible reason for the difference is the complexity of reproductive biology in aquatic species, and special consideration needs to be taken in the design of breeding plans for these species. Since 1971 AKVAFORSK, has continuously carried out large scale breeding research projects with salmonid species, and during the latest 15 years also with a number of fresh water and marine species. Results from this work and the results from other institutions around the world have brought forward considerable knowledge, which make the development of efficient breeding programs feasible. The genetic improvement obtained in selection programs for fish and shellfish is remarkable and much higher than what has been achieved in terrestrial farm animals., Springer<

ISBN: 9781402033421

Selection and Breeding Programs in Aquaculture: ab 170.99 € eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Wissenschaften allgemein Springer-Verlag GmbH eBook als pdf, Springer-Verlag GmbH

ISBN: 9781402033421

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2005, ISBN: 9781402033421

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