Browsing by Subject "Genomics"

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    • Genomics applied to livestock and aquaculture breeding 
      Yánez, José M.; Xu, Peng; Carvalheiro, Roberto; Hayes, Ben (Wiley, 2022)
      The increasing global demand for food, due to the continuous growth of human population, requires improvements in the efficiency and sustainability of animal production systems. In addition, several challenges facing farming ...
    • Genomics to accelerate genetic improvement in tilapia 
      Yáñez López, José; Joshi, R.; Yoshida, Grazyella Massako (Wiley, 2020)
      Selective breeding of tilapia populations started in the early 1990s and over the past three decades tilapia has become one of the most important farmed freshwater species, being produced in more than 125 countries around ...
    • Investigating mechanisms underlying genetic resistance to salmon rickettsial syndrome in Atlantic salmon ... 
      Moraleda, Carolina P.; Robledo, Diego; Gutiérrez, Alejandro P.; Pozo, Jorge del; Yáñez López, José Manuel; Houston, Ross D. (BMC, 2021)
      BackgroundSalmon Rickettsial Syndrome (SRS), caused by Piscirickettsia salmonis, is one of the primary causes of morbidity and mortality in Atlantic salmon aquaculture, particularly in Chile. Host resistance is a heritable ...