Preliminaries; PREFACE; CONTENTS; 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 program; 18 Chromosome engineering
Summary
This book describes the basic elements in the theory of animal breeding and inheritance of quantitative economic traits and the way in which this technology can be implemented in selective breeding programs for aquaculture species. The role and the implementation of molecular genetics in modern selective breeding programs is also addressed. The book's main objective is to stimulate development of efficient selective breeding programs in aquaculture, the world's fastest growing industry for animal protein production
