Aquaculture is the fastest-growing farmed food sector and will soon become the primary
source of fish and shellfish for human diets. In contrast to crop and livestock production …

Within aquaculture industries, selection based on genomic information (genomic selection)
has the profound potential to change genetic improvement programs and production …

Since its introduction in 2001, genomic selection (GS) has progressed rapidly. As a research
and application hot topic, GS has led to a revolution in the field of animal and plant breeding …

Selective breeding has been successfully applied to improve profitability and sustainability
in numerous aquatic species. Recent developments of high throughput genoty** …

Summary The European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) is a marine fish of key economic
and cultural importance in Europe. It is now more an aquaculture than a fisheries species (> …

Recent advancements in genomic technologies have led to the discovery and application of
DNA‐markers [eg single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)] for the genetic improvement of …

High-throughput sequencing technologies have been extensively applied to genetics and
breeding in the aquaculture industry. To date, many aquaculture animal genomes have …

Large yellow croaker is an important marine aquaculture species in the southeast coast of
China. It suffers serious diseases caused by Cryptocaryon irritans, a parasitic cilliate which …

Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for
global aquaculture. In this review, we examine the status and potential of technologies that …

Selective breeding programs have been initiated worldwide for the Pacific oyster
Crassostrea gigas to improve economically important traits such as growth and disease …