Breeding & genetics

Professor Jeff Shields and colleagues at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have succeeded in their 15-year effort to unravel the life history of Hematodinium, a single-celled parasite that afflicts blue crabs and is of growing concern to aquaculture ope…

Meiotic maps are a key tool for comparative genomics and association mapping studies. Meredith V. Everett, James E Seeb, University of Washington, and Michael R Miller, University of Oregon, look at the development of meiotic maps of sockeye salmon which are d…

This report by Silje Brenna-Hansen et al, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, looks at the chromosomal differences between European and North American Atlantic salmon discovered by linkage mapping and supported by fluorescence in situ hybridisation analysis…

This report by Tiago S Hor et al, Memorial University of Newfoundland, looks at how a moderate increase in ambient temperature modulates the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) spleen transcriptome response to intraperitoneal viral mimic injection.

This article by Nathan K Lujan et al, Texas A&M University, looks at trophic diversity in the evolution and community assembly of South American loricariid catfishes.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Scalloped spiny lobster.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming red claw crayfish.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Pike-perch.

NOAA researchers are getting a comprehensive view of the ocean floor using a new instrument, and have confirmed that there are high numbers of young sea scallops off of Delaware Bay.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Orange-spotted grouper.