Application of Germplasm Innovation Technology in Aquactic Genetic Breeding
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 1709
Special Issue Editor
Interests: aquaculture; biotechnology; germplasm improvement; genetic breeding; gene function; genomics; gene editing; population genetics
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Dear Colleagues,
Recently, the aquaculture industry has expanded rapidly, and germplasm improvement has become an issue of growing public attention. With the rapid advancement of aquatic biotechnology, aquaculture breeding has evolved from traditional selective and hybrid breeding to advanced genetic approaches, including sex-control breeding, trait-related marker-assisted selection breeding (e.g., growth, disease resistance), genome-wide genotyping-based selection, genome editing, and surrogate broodstock breeding. As a result, an increasing number of new aquatic strains have been developed with improved performance in traits such as sex differentiation, fecundity, survival rate, growth, and disease resistance.
Although various biological methods—including transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics—have been employed, the fundamental mechanisms underlying genetic changes remain unclear. This lack of theoretical understanding has significantly limited the progress of germplasm improvement.
This Special Issue aims to present recent and innovative studies in aquatic biotechnology, spanning from both fundamental and applied research. It seeks to provide a platform for researchers focusing on aquatic biotechnology and its applications in germplasm improvement and genetic breeding.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the molecular basis of economic traits, regulatory mechanisms of sex and reproduction, theories and methods for efficient breeding, gene function and molecular mechanisms of genomics and breeding, and genetic structure.
Dr. Hui Qiao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquaculture
- biotechnology
- germplasm improvement
- genetic breeding
- gene function
- genomics
- gene editing
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