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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

26.04.2010

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

224

Maße (L/B/H)

25,1/17,4/2 cm

Gewicht

525 g

Auflage

2nd edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-8857-9

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

26.04.2010

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

224

Maße (L/B/H)

25,1/17,4/2 cm

Gewicht

525 g

Auflage

2nd edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-8857-9

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Biotechnology and Genetics in Fisheries and Aquaculture

  • Preface to the second edition ix

    Acknowledgements xi

    Chapter 1 What is genetic variation? 1

    Deoxyribose nucleic acid 1

    Ribose nucleic acid 5

    What is the genetic code? 7

    Protein structure 7

    So what about chromosomes? 9

    How does sexual reproduction produce variation? 11

    Mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA 16

    Chapter 2 How can genetic variation be measured? 19

    DNA sequence variation 19

    DNA fragment size variation 36

    Protein variation 44

    Phenotypic variation 47

    Chapter 3 Genetic structure in natural populations 49

    What is a population? 49

    How are allele frequencies estimated? 51

    What is the relationship between alleles and genotypes? 51

    How do allele frequencies change over time? 53

    How does population structure arise? 54

    How are genetic markers used to study population structure? 55

    Levels of genetic differentiation in aquatic organisms 60

    Potential problems with allozymes and coding markers 61

    mtDNA variation 63

    Microsatellite variation 66

    Population structure in the flat oyster 68

    Mixed stock analysis (MSA) 73

    Chapter 4 Genetics of population size in conservation and aquaculture 77

    Genetics of small population size in the wild 78

    Genetic markers in conservation 82

    Genetics of small population size in the hatchery 85

    Is there evidence of loss of genetic variation in the hatchery? 87

    How does hatchery propagation affect heterozygosity? 89

    Genetic markers for identification of hatchery product 93

    Genetic markers for pathogen identification 94

    Chapter 5 Genetic variation of traits 99

    Qualitative traits 99

    Quantitative traits 105

    What kinds of traits are important? 106

    Variation of a quantitative trait 106

    How can we estimate narrow-sense heritability? 109

    Realised heritability 115

    Correlated traits 118

    What types of artificial selections are there? 118

    Setting up a breeding programme 122

    Inbreeding, cross-breeding and hybridisation 123

    Current status of selective breeding programmes in aquaculture 126

    Chapter 6 From genetics to genomics 129

    What is the genome? 129

    Genome mapping 130

    Whole genome sequencing: the 'big picture' 137

    QTL mapping 137

    Application of QTLs in aquaculture and fisheries management 138

    Marker-assisted selection (MAS): from QTLs to genomic selection 139

    Transcriptomics 139

    Chapter 7 Triploids and beyond: why manipulate ploidy? 145

    How is it done? 146

    Production of gynogens and androgens 148

    Identification of ploidy change 149

    Value of Triploids 151

    Tetraploids 155

    Gynogens and androgens 157

    Chapter 8 Genetic engineering in aquaculture 161

    The DNA construct 162

    Transgene delivery 164

    Transgene integration 168

    Detecting integration and expression of the transgene 169

    Results of transgenesis efforts in fish 171

    So much for transgenics - what about cloning? 176

    Genethics 176

    Glossary 181

    Index 193

    Colour plates appear between pages 52 and 53