Genetic Selection and Breeding for Improved Traits in Aquaculture Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 517
Special Issue Editors
2. Genetics and Breeding Center for Blunt Snout Bream, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
Interests: fish; genetic; breeding
Interests: fish; genetic; breeding
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is an important platform to promote the development of world aquatic science research, strengthen international academic exchanges, and showcase the latest scientific research achievements and progress in the field of aquatic science in different countries.
It will mainly publish papers and reviews on aquatic animal breeding research, aquaculture and breeding, aquaculture breeding technology development, fishery resources, fishery water environment protection, etc.
This Special Issue accepts theoretical and empirical research papers, particularly encouraging the combination of theory and empirical research. The published research results can represent the academic level and development trends in relation to aquaculture, reflecting new achievements and ideas in the research of aquaculture breeding technology worldwide.
Dr. Guodong Zheng
Dr. Wenzhi Guan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aquatic animals
- genetic improvement
- molecular breeding
- whole genome selection breeding
- polyploidy and hybrid breeding
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