Molecular basis and genetic improvement of economically important traits in aquaculture animals

JF Gui, ZY Zhu - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2012 - Springer
Aquaculture has been believed to be a major Chinese contribution to the world. In recent 20
years, genome and other genetic technologies have promoted significant advances in basic …

What determines growth potential and juvenile quality of farmed fish species?

LMP Valente, KA Moutou, LEC Conceicao… - Reviews in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Enhanced production of high quality and healthy fry is a key target for a successful and
competitive expansion of the aquaculture industry. Although large quantities of fish larvae …

Nanoplastics impact the zebrafish (Danio rerio) transcriptome: Associated developmental and neurobehavioral consequences

AF Pedersen, DN Meyer, AMV Petriv, AL Soto… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are a ubiquitous pollutant detected not only in marine and freshwater
bodies, but also in tap and bottled water worldwide. While MPs have been extensively …

Parallel epigenetic modifications induced by hatchery rearing in a Pacific salmon

J Le Luyer, M Laporte, TD Beacham… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Wild stocks of Pacific salmonids have experienced sharp declines in abundance over the
past century. Consequently, billions of fish are released each year for enhancing abundance …

Regulation of skeletal muscle growth in fish by the growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor system

EN Fuentes, JA Valdés, A Molina… - General and Comparative …, 2013 - Elsevier
The growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is the key promoter of
growth in vertebrates; however, how this system modulates muscle mass in fish is just …

Stress and growth

B Sadoul, MM Vijayan - Fish physiology, 2016 - Elsevier
1. Introduction 2. A Conceptual Framework for Growth 2.1. The Dynamic Energy Budget
(DEB) Model for Growth 2.2. Myocyte Growth 3. Stress Effect on Energy Available for Growth …

Genome-Wide Association Study for Identifying Loci that Affect Fillet Yield, Carcass, and Body Weight Traits in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

D Gonzalez-Pena, G Gao, M Baranski, T Moen… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Fillet yield (FY,%) is an economically-important trait in rainbow trout aquaculture that affects
production efficiency. Despite that, FY has received little attention in breeding programs …

Vertebrate diapause preserves organisms long term through Polycomb complex members

CK Hu, W Wang, J Brind'Amour, PP Singh, GA Reeves… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Diapause is a state of suspended development that helps organisms survive extreme
environments. How diapause protects living organisms is largely unknown. Using the …

Understanding fish muscle growth regulation to optimize aquaculture production

EJ Vélez, E Lutfi, S Azizi, M Perelló, C Salmerón… - Aquaculture, 2017 - Elsevier
Aquaculture has become an agronomic activity with noticeable development around the
world to respond to the simultaneous decrease of fish captures and the increasing demand …

Improvement of flesh quality, muscle growth and protein deposition in adult grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella): The role of tryptophan

LQ **ao, WD Jiang, P Wu, Y Liu, HM Ren, L Tang… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
The muscle is the main edible part of the animal trunk. Previous studies have shown that
tryptophan is the limiting amino acid for protein synthesis. This study investigated whether …