We describe the introduction, taxonomic identification and genetic parameters for farm traits of Midori strain Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas - a possible alternative to widely farmed Miyagi on US West Coast. Broodstock (G0) oysters collected from mouth river near Iwajima Island, Ariake Bay, Japan were identified as C. based nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region 28S gene well mitoc...

Sex determination in the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is thought to be an XX-XY (male heterogametic) system controlled by a major gene. We searched for DNA markers linked to this major locus using bulked segregant analysis. Ten microsatellite markers belonging to linkage group 8 were found to be linked to phenotypic sex. The putative Y-chromosome alleles correctly predict the sex of 95%...

livestock has been the foundation for selective breeding for thousands of years. However, our understanding of genetics, which is the biological basis of heredity and variation among organisms, has deepened dramatically in the last several decades. This new knowledge expands the potential applications of genetics and genome technologies in agricultural practices. In aquaculture settings, curren...