Cultured fish: integrative biology and management of domestication and interactions with wild fish

K Lorenzen, MCM Beveridge, M Mangel - Biological Reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Fish aquaculture for commodity production, fisheries enhancement and conservation is
expanding rapidly, with many cultured species undergoing inadvertent or controlled …

Genetic improvement of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with special reference to the work conducted by the WorldFish Center with the GIFT strain

RW Ponzoni, NH Nguyen, HL Khaw… - Reviews in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We mainly (but not exclusively) draw on research and development work carried out by The
WorldFish Center (WorldFish). We review in detail the current state of development of a …

Genetic improvement for important farmed aquaculture species with a reference to carp, tilapia and prawns in Asia: achievements, lessons and challenges

NH Nguyen - Fish and Fisheries, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study provides an overview of successful genetic improvement programmes for
important farmed aquaculture species in Asia, with a focus on lessons and experiences …

Genomics to accelerate genetic improvement in tilapia

JM Yáñez, R Joshi, GM Yoshida - Animal Genetics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Selective breeding of tilapia populations started in the early 1990s and over the past three
decades tilapia has become one of the most important farmed freshwater species, being …

Estimates of recent and historical effective population size in turbot, seabream, seabass and carp selective breeding programmes

M Saura, A Caballero, E Santiago, A Fernández… - Genetics Selection …, 2021 - Springer
Background The high fecundity of fish species allows intense selection to be practised and
therefore leads to fast genetic gains. Based on this, numerous selective breeding …

Genetic improvement of farmed tilapias: Response to five generations of selection for increased body weight at harvest in Oreochromis niloticus and the further impact …

HB Bentsen, B Gjerde, AE Eknath, MSP de Vera… - Aquaculture, 2017 - Elsevier
Selection for increased body weight at harvest in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was
carried out for five generations from 1991 to 1996, as a part of the project Genetic …

Selective breeding in fish and conservation of genetic resources for aquaculture

CE Lind, RW Ponzoni, NH Nguyen… - … in domestic animals, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Content To satisfy increasing demands for fish as food, progress must occur towards greater
aquaculture productivity whilst retaining the wild and farmed genetic resources that underpin …

Heritability and genotype by environment interaction estimates for harvest weight, growth rate, and shape of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) grown in river cage …

TQ Trọng, HA Mulder, JAM van Arendonk, H Komen - Aquaculture, 2013 - Elsevier
Harvest weight has been the main selected trait for the GIFT strain of Nile tilapia
(Oreochromis niloticus). However, growth rate and body shape are traits of increasing …

miR-206 regulates the growth of the teleost tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) through the modulation of IGF-1 gene expression

B Yan, CD Zhu, JT Guo, LH Zhao… - Journal of Experimental …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
SUMMARY MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are~ 22-nucleotide noncoding RNAs that play a crucial
role in regulating muscle development. Our previous study shows that miR-206 is …

Application of second-generation sequencing (SGS) and third generation sequencing (TGS) in aquaculture breeding program

LL Wong, SA Razali, ZM Deris, M Danish-Daniel… - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
High-throughput sequencing technologies have expanded gene-based to genome-wide
research in aquaculture species. Several techniques adopting the Second Generation …