date:May 16, 2013
d turkey industry to the salmon rearing business, with impressive results.
Fish can already be selected for particular characteristics including growth, survival, Omega-3 levels and fillet color, and will soon be bred for increased resistance to disease, using genomic selection tools.
The work uses Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) chips, which are glass slides used to analyze variations in DNA sequences, which act as biological markers and help scientists locate a range of genes associ