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Dunham Rex A. |
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Titolo |
Aquaculture and fisheries biotechnology : genetic approaches / / Rex A. Dunham [[electronic resource]] |
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Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom, : CABI Pub., 2004 |
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ISBN |
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9780851999531 (electronic book) |
9786610829828 |
0-85199-953-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Soggetti |
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Fishes - Breeding |
Shellfish - Breeding |
Fishes - Molecular genetics |
Shellfish - Molecular genetics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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References and Further Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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.-- |
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