Selection and Breeding Programs in Aquaculture

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 prod...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gjedrem, Trygve (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Temas:
Freshwater ecology.
Marine ecology.
Genetics.
Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
Genetics and Genomics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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