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Research Project: Improving the Productivity and Quality of Catfish Aquaculture

Location: Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit

Title: Current status and potential of genomic selection to improve selective breeding in the main aquaculture species of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) member countries.

Author
item BOUDRY, PIERRE - Universite' De Bretagne
item ALLAL, FRANCOIS - University Of Montpellier
item ASLAM, LUQMAN - Nofima
item BARGELLONI, LUCA - University Of Padua
item BEAN, TIM - University Of Edinburgh
item BRAD-FUDULEA, SOPHIE - French Poultry And Aquaculture Breeders Technical Center
item BRIEUC, MARINE - University Of Oslo
item CALBOLI, FEDERICO - Catholic University Of Leuven
item GILBEY, JOHN - Marine Scotland
item HAFFRAY, PIERRICK - French Poultry And Aquaculture Breeders Technical Center
item LAMY, JEAN-BAPTISTE - French Research Institute For The Expolotation Of The Sea (IFREMER)
item MORVEZEN, ROMAIN - French Poultry And Aquaculture Breeders Technical Center
item PURCELL, CATHERINE - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
item PRODOHL, PAULO - Queen'S University - Ireland
item VANDEPUTTE, MARC - Inrae
item Waldbieser, Geoffrey - Geoff
item SONESSON, ANNA - Nofima
item HOUSTON, ROSS - University Of Edinburgh

Submitted to: Aquaculture Reports
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/13/2021
Publication Date: 7/1/2021
Citation: Boudry, P., Allal, F., Aslam, L., Bargelloni, L., Bean, T.P., Brad-Fudulea, S., Brieuc, M.S., Calboli, F.C., Gilbey, J., Haffray, P., Lamy, J., Morvezen, R., Purcell, C., Prodohl, P.A., Vandeputte, M., Waldbieser, G.C., Sonesson, A.K., Houston, R.D. 2021. Multilocus sequence analysis, plasmid and virulence gene profiling of Edwardsiella piscicida isolates from Mississippi catfish aquaculture with an assessment of virulence in channel and channel¿×¿blue hybrid catfish.. Aquaculture Reports. 20:100700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100700.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100700

Interpretive Summary: Genomic selection plans an increasing role in selective breeding of some of hte aquaculture major species for the ICES member countries. The potential of genomic selection to increase precision of estimated breeding value fo candidates is now well established. The main immediate challenge for further implementaiton of genomic selection is associated with the costs and benefits of genotyping of large numbers of individuals using informative SNP arrays. This review article describes progress in genomic selection for the main relevant aquaculture species of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) member countries: Atlantic cod, American catfish, Pacific oyster, European sea bass, gilthead sea bream, Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout.

Technical Abstract: Aquaculture production has been successfully employing selective breeding as a strategy to improve profitability and sustainability i n numerous aquatic species. Recents developments of high throughput genotyping technology now enable the i mplementation of genomic selection, a method aiming to predict the breeding value of candidates based on their genotype at a l arge number of markers spread over the genome. In this review article, we review the specificites, challenges and prospects for the application of genomic selection i n aquaculture species The current status and development of genomic selection are presented for the main relevant aquaculture species of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) member countries: Atlantic cod, American catfish, Pacific oyster, European sea bass, gilthead sea bream, Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. They present variable l evels of i mplementation of genomic selection.