Harnessing genomics to fast-track genetic improvement in aquaculture

Aquaculture is the fastest-growing farmed food sector and will soon become the primary source of fish and shellfish for human diets. In contrast to crop and livestock production, aquaculture production is derived from numerous, exceptionally diverse species that are typically in the early stages of...

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Published in:Nature reviews. Genetics Vol. 21; no. 7; pp. 389 - 409
Main Authors: Houston, Ross D, Bean, Tim P, Macqueen, Daniel J, Gundappa, Manu Kumar, Jin, Ye Hwa, Jenkins, Tom L, Selly, Sarah Louise C, Martin, Samuel A M, Stevens, Jamie R, Santos, Eduarda M, Davie, Andrew, Robledo, Diego
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.07.2020
Subjects:
Adaptation, Biological
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Animals, Wild
Aquaculture
Biodiversity
Bioinformatics
Breeding
Domestication
Environment
Epigenesis, Genetic
Gene Editing
Gene-Environment Interaction
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genome
Genome editing
Genomics
Genomics - methods
Livestock
Population growth
Seafood
Selection, Genetic
Selective Breeding
Species
ISSN:1471-0056, 1471-0064, 1471-0064
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Summary:Aquaculture is the fastest-growing farmed food sector and will soon become the primary source of fish and shellfish for human diets. In contrast to crop and livestock production, aquaculture production is derived from numerous, exceptionally diverse species that are typically in the early stages of domestication. Genetic improvement of production traits via well-designed, managed breeding programmes has great potential to help meet the rising seafood demand driven by human population growth. Supported by continuous advances in sequencing and bioinformatics, genomics is increasingly being applied across the broad range of aquaculture species and at all stages of the domestication process to optimize selective breeding. In the future, combining genomic selection with biotechnological innovations, such as genome editing and surrogate broodstock technologies, may further expedite genetic improvement in aquaculture.
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ISSN:1471-0056
1471-0064
1471-0064
DOI:10.1038/s41576-020-0227-y