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949355
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b703725
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Dunham, Rex A.
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| Title & Author
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Aquaculture and fisheries biotechnology : : genetic approaches /\ Rex A. Dunham.
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| Publication Statement
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Wallingford, UK ;Cambridge, MA :: CABI Pub.,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xi, 372 pages) :: illustrations
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0851999530
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: 9780851999531
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0851995969
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9780851995960
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-366) and index.
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| Contents
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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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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.
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Fishes-- Breeding.
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Fishes-- Molecular genetics.
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Shellfish-- Breeding.
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Shellfish-- Molecular genetics.
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Aquaculture.
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Biotechnology.
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Books.
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Fisheries.
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Fishes-- Breeding.
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Fishes-- Molecular genetics.
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Genetics.
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Shellfish-- Breeding.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- General.
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Fishes-- Breeding.
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Fishes-- Molecular genetics.
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Shellfish-- Breeding.
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Shellfish-- Molecular genetics.
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| Dewey Classification
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639.3
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SH155.5.D86 2004
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WA 703D917 2004
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S96clc
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