Fish Molecular Biology

Dear Colleagues,

Fish aquaculture is expanding rapidly and is the fastest growing protein-producing sector for human beings. During the past 2–3 decades, the molecular biology of fish has been intensively investigated in all aspects of fisheries, including diseases, genetics, nutrition, and ecology. However, the sustainability of the fish aquaculture industry is under threat by many factors, such as more and more emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, serious retrogression of culture species, deterioration of environmental ecosystems (due to pollution), etc. In this Special Issue, we call for high-quality manuscripts relevant to the central theme of fish molecular biology. Research areas are expected, but not limited to, aquatic animal diseases and immunity, genetic manipulations and reproduction, physiology, and nutrition, vaccination and antibiotic resistance, and pollution and toxicology.

Prof. Dr. Jun Li
Prof. Dr. Li Lin
Guest Editors

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