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What role for genomics in fisheries managementand aquaculture?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2007

Roman Wenne
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics and Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstañców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
Pierre Boudry
Affiliation:
IFREMER Laboratoire de Génétique et Pathologie, 17390 La Tremblade, France
Jakob Hemmer-Hansen
Affiliation:
Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Department of Inland Fisheries, Vejlsøvej 39, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
Krzysztof P. Lubieniecki
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr., Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
Anna Was
Affiliation:
Molecular Ecology Research Group, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
Antti Kause
Affiliation:
MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Biometrical Genetics, 31600 Jokioinen, Finland
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Abstract

The development and application of genomics has been facilitated in a number of fields by the availability of new methodologies and tools, such as high throughput DNA sequencing and complementary DNA (cDNA) microarrays. Genomic tools are already used in research on commercially important fish and shellfish species. Thousands of expressed sequence tags (EST) are now available for some of these species, and the sequencing of complete genomes of tilapia, cod, salmonids, flatfishes, sea bass and Pacific oyster has been proposed. Microarray technology through simultaneous analysis of the expression of thousands of genes allows the identification of candidate genes involved in the function of multiple physiological, morphological and behavioural traits of interests in organisms and populations from different environments. This paper reviews the current development of genomic technologies, and pinpoints their potential beneficial applications as well as implications for fisheries management and aquaculture.

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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD, 2007

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