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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783107603321

Autore

Dunham Rex A.

Titolo

Aquaculture and fisheries biotechnology : genetic approaches / / Rex A. Dunham [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom, : CABI Pub., 2004

ISBN

9780851999531 (electronic book)

9786610829828

0-85199-953-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Soggetti

Fishes - Breeding

Shellfish - Breeding

Fishes - Molecular genetics

Shellfish - Molecular genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 History of Genetic Biotechnology in Aquaculture and Fisheries; 2 Phenotypic Variation and Environmental Effects; 3 Polyploidy; 4 Gynogenesis, Androgenesis, Cloned Populations and Nuclear Transplantation; 5 Sex Reversal and Breeding; 6 Biochemical and Molecular Markers; 7 Population Genetics and Interactions of Hatchery and Wild Fish; 8 Gene Mapping, Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping and Marker-assisted Selection; 9 Gene Expression, Isolation and Cloning; 10 Gene-transfer Technology; 11 Combining Genetic Enhancement Programmes; 12 Genotype-Environment Interactions

13 Environmental Risk of Aquatic Organisms from Genetic Biotechnology14 Food Safety of Transgenic Aquatic Organisms; 15 A Case Example: Safety of Consumption of Transgenic Salmon Potentially Containing Elevated Levels of Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factor; 16 Government Regulation of Transgenic Fish; 17 Commercial Application of Fish Biotechnology; 18 Strategies for Genetic Conservation, Gene Banking and Maintaining Genetic Quality; 19 Constraints and Limitations of Genetic Biotechnology; Glossary;



References and Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The genetic improvement of fish for aquaculture and related fisheries is a field of research that has seen considerable advance. This book examines the area and should be of interest to advanced students and researchers in animal genetics, fish biology and aquaculture.--