Correlated response in fillet weight and yield to selection for increased harvest weight in genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT strain), Oreochromis niloticus

Aquaculture

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Nguyen, Nguyen Hong ^a   Ponzoni, Raul W ^a   Abu Bakar, Khairul R ^a   Hamzah, Azhar ^b   Khaw, Hooi Ling ^a   Yee, Hong Yip ^a  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b National Prawn Fry Production and Research Center   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Genetic improvement; Nile tilapia; Oreochromis niloticus; Selection response

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERITABILITY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 77955826483     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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