Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production industry, and the vast majority of
aquaculture products are derived from Asia. The quantity of aquaculture products directly …

The aquaculture sector is significantly behind plant and farm animal production in applying
selective breeding, in spite of the fact that it has been suggested that the world aquaculture …

The foundation of quantitative genetics theory was developed during the last century and
facilitated many successful breeding programs for cultivated plants and t-restrial livestock …

Genetic improvement is key to the development of a more efficient aquaculture industry. By
2010, there were 104 breeding programmes for aquaculture species in the world, most of …

Large portions of anadromous salmonid habitat in the western United States has been lost
because of dams and other blockages. This loss has the potential to affect salmonid …

A pedigreed rainbow trout population (~ 100 families per generation) was selected for five
generations to improve growth performance to the standard~ 500-gram US market weight …

Complete replacement of fishmeal in feeds for carnivorous fishes often causes reduced
growth and can negatively affect gut health. Little is known about strain differences …

One of the major infectious diseases affecting coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
aquaculture is the Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome caused by Piscirickettsia salmonis …

Consistent with their diverse pharmacology, peptides derived from venomous animals have
been developed as drugs to treat disorders as diverse as hypertension, diabetes and …

Selection signatures are genomic regions harboring DNA sequences functionally involved
in the genetic variation of traits subject to selection. Selection signatures have been …