Genomic Selection, Genome-Wide Association and Omics in Aquaculture
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fish genomics and transcriptomics; metabolomics; gene resource mining; sustainable aquaculture
Interests: genomic selection; genomic prediction; multi-omics; genome wide association; aquaculture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquaculture is entering a new era in which genomic and omics technologies are becoming central to genetic improvement, sustainable production, and biological discovery. This Special Issue, “Genomic Selection, Genome-Wide Association and Omics in Aquaculture”, aims to provide a focused platform for recent advances in aquaculture, including genomic selection (GS), genome-wide association studies (GWAS), quantitative trait locus mapping, pangenome-based variant discovery, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and integrative multi-omics analyses.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and perspectives on economically and biologically important traits in aquaculture species, such as growth, disease resistance, stress tolerance, reproduction, sex determination, product quality, and environmental adaptation. Studies that integrate GS, GWAS, multi-omics, functional annotation, eQTL/sQTL analysis, gene regulatory networks, genome editing, or breeding applications are particularly encouraged.
By bringing together studies across diverse aquaculture species and analytical frameworks, this Special Issue will help situate aquaculture genomics and omics within the broader literature of animal breeding, functional genomics, trait analysis, and precision breeding, while highlighting its unique challenges and opportunities for sustainable aquaculture development.
We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue.
Dr. Weiwei Zheng
Dr. Yangzhen Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genomic selection
- genome-wide association
- multi-omics integration
- genomics
- transcriptomics
- metabolomics
- stress adaptation
- genetic breeding
- economic and biological traits
- aquaculture
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