Selective Fish Breeding for Improved Aquaculture Production
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 34
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Interests: animal genetics; aquaculture
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Dear Colleagues,
Aquaculture is possibly the fastest-growing sector in agriculture and is expected to provide 60% of the fish available for human consumption by 2030. Furthermore, aquaculture is incredibly diverse in terms of species—a fact that demonstrates its great potential to increase production by applying different selective breeding program (SBP) strategies.
In aquaculture, the implementation of an SBP began in the 1970s in rainbow trout and common carp—almost 50 years later than in livestock farming. SBPs play a key role in the main challenges facing aquaculture, such as sustainable increased productivity, infectious disease outbreaks, and environmental impact. During their inception, SBPs were centred on growth and feed efficiency traits; later, other aspects were included, such as processing yield, product quality, and aspects related to disease resistance and survival, among others. Subsequently, applications of genomic technologies have come to improve the efficiency of SBPs, and research has been extended to genome sequencing, gene expression, gene searching, and genome editing. Thus, the widespread implementation of SPBs plays a key role in ensuring sustainability and increasing the efficiency of the sector.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: selective breeding programs, genetic parameter estimates, genotype by environment interaction, genetic diversity, molecular markers, genetic expression, microbiome, metabolomics, genetic sequencing, and genome editing.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Eva Armero
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquaculture
- genetics
- additive and non-additive effects
- genotype by environment interaction
- genetic diversity
- genomics
- gene expression
- microbiome
- metabolomics
- genome editing
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