Aquaculture and Fisheries Biotechnology and Genetics

This broad, graduate level-textbook covers topics essential to the study of fish genetics, including qualitative and quantitative traits, crossbreeding, inbreeding, genetic drift, hybridization, selection programs, polyploidy, genomics and cloning. Fully updated and tailored for students with a new layout and format, Aquaculture and Fisheries Biotechnology and Genetics, 2nd Edition also addresses environmental risk, food safety and government regulation of transgenic aquatic organisms, commercial applications of fish biotechnology and future issues in fish genetics. It is essential reading for students of fish genetics and fish molecular genetics.