Genetic improvement of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with special reference to the work conducted by the World Fish Center with the GIFT strain

Reviews in Aquaculture

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-41

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

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

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

Author keywords

Genetic improvement; GIFT; Growth rate; Heritability; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 79959567044     PISSN: 17535123     EISSN: 17535131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-5131.2010.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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