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 …

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

Understanding how natural selection shapes genetic variation in populations is of
paramount importance in evolutionary biology. Affordable high-throughput sequencing now …

A considerable number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP s) are required to
elucidate genotype–phenotype associations and determine the molecular basis of important …

Selective breeding of tilapia populations started in the early 1990s and over the past three
decades tilapia has become one of the most important farmed freshwater species, being …

The production of fish and shellfish through aquaculture is an increasingly important source
of high-quality animal protein, with a worldwide production of 66.6 million tonnes in 2012 …

Aquaculture is one of the fastest‐growing food production sectors. As the global human
population continues to increase and further pressure is added to the prospects of achieving …

The historically recent domestication of fishes has been essential to meet the protein
demands of a growing human population. Selection for traits of interest during domestication …

Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is among the most farmed finfish worldwide, distributed
across different environmental conditions. Its wide distribution has mainly been facilitated by …

A high‐quality reference genome is necessary to determine the molecular mechanisms
underlying important biological phenomena; therefore, in the present study, a chromosome …