Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-366) and index.
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History of genetic biotechnology in aquaculture and fisheries -- Phenotypic variation and environmental effects -- Polyploidy -- Gynogenesis, androgenesis, cloned populations and nuclear transplantation -- Sex reversal and breeding -- Biochemical and molecular markers -- Population genetics and interactions of hatchery and wild fish -- Gene mapping, quantitative trait locus mapping and marker-assisted selection -- Gene expression, isolation and cloning -- Gene-transfer technology -- Combining genetic enhancement programmes -- Genotype-environment interactions -- Environmental risk of aquatic organisms from genetic biotechnology -- Food safety of transgenic aquatic organisms -- A case example : safety of consumption of transgenic salmon potentially containing elevated levels of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor -- Government regulation of transgenic fish -- Commercial application of fish biotechnology -- Strategies for genetic conservation, gene banking and maintaining genetic quality -- Constraints and limitations of genetic biotechnology.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.