Project record of Combined genetic and functional genomic approaches for stress and disease resistance marker-assisted selection in fish and shellfish

Information

Type

Project

Name

Combined genetic and functional genomic approaches for stress and disease resistance marker-assisted selection in fish and shellfish

Name @nl

Gecombineerde genetische en functionele genomische benaderingen voor mer ker ondersteunde selectie van stress en ziekteresistentie in vis en schaaldieren

Acronym

Aquafirst

Description @en

AQUAFIRST seeks to identify genes associated with stress and disease resistance in fish and molluscs to provide a physiological and genetic basis for marker-assisted selective breeding. It builds on earlier EU funded projects: BRIDGEMAP, BASSMAP and STRESSGENES. To counter poor growth performance, impaired reproduction and increased susceptibility to disease, growers have increasingly used antibiotics and drugs. The development of selective breeding programmes using genetic markers offers a means to reduce, if not eliminate, the use of antibiotics.

Start date

2004-11

End date

2008-6