Fish genome manipulation and directional breeding

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 170-177

  Ye, Ding ^a   Zhu, ZuoYan ^a   Sun, YongHua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

fish directional breeding; genome editing; nuclear transfer; polyploidy breeding; transgenic fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BREEDING; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; POLYPLOIDY; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BREEDING; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; MALE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84925488286     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: 18691889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-015-4806-7     Document Type: Review

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