Gecombineerde genetische en functionele genomische benaderingen voor mer ker ondersteunde selectie van stress en ziekteresistentie in vis en schaaldieren
Engelstalige titel: Combined genetic and functional genomic approaches for stress and disease resistance marker-assisted selection in fish and shellfish Identifier financieringsorganisatie: 513692 (Other contract id) Acroniem: Aquafirst Periode: November 2004 tot Juni 2008 Status: Afgelopen
Thesaurustermen Aquacultuur; Disease resistance; Schaaldieren; Selective breeding; Vis
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), meer, coördinator
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Departement Biologie; Afdeling Dierenecologie en -systematiek; Diversiteit en Systematiek van Dieren, meer, partner
AQUAFIRST seeks to identify genes associated with stress and disease resistance in fish and molluscs to provide a physiological and genetic basis for marker-assisted selective breeding. It builds on earlier EU funded projects: BRIDGEMAP, BASSMAP and STRESSGENES. To counter poor growth performance, impaired reproduction and increased susceptibility to disease, growers have increasingly used antibiotics and drugs. The development of selective breeding programmes using genetic markers offers a means to reduce, if not eliminate, the use of antibiotics.
