Selection and breeding programs in aquaculture /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2005.
Description:	xvii, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Aquacultural biotechnology. Aquatic animals -- Breeding. Animal genetic engineering. Animal genetic engineering. Aquacultural biotechnology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5844243

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Other authors / contributors:	Gjedrem, Trygve. AKVAFORSK (Norway)
ISBN:	1402033419 1402033427 (e-book)
Notes:	"Akvaforsk Institute of Aquaculture Research AS." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Standard no.:	9781402033414 9781402033421 (e-book)

Table of Contents:

Preface
Contributors
1. Status and scope of aquaculture
2. Basic genetics
3. Population genetics
4. Polygenic inheritance
5. Basic statistical parameters
6. Kinship, relationship and inbreeding
7. Selection
8. Reproductive traits in aquatic animals
9. Methods for estimating phenotypic and genetic parameters
10. Breeding strategies
11. Selection methods
12. Design of breeding programs
13. Prediction of breeding values
14. Genotype - environment interaction
15. Measuring genetic change
16. Breeding plans
17. Organising breeding programs
18. Chromosome engineering
19. Modern biotechnolgoy and aquaculture
20. Genetic interactions between farmed and wild fish, with examples from the Atlantic salmon case in Norway
Appendix
References
Index

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