AQ5004 - Aquaculture: Genetics and Stock Improvement
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
Consideration of the genetics of breeding programs and how these can be applied to improving desirable traits for aquaculture, such as growth rate, feeding efficiency, disease resistance and market acceptability. Consideration of the techniques available for genetic manipulation in aquaculture breeding programs. Major topics include genetic selection, hybridisation, effective breeding numbers, sex reversal and chromosomal manipulation. This subject shares lectures, tutorials and practical classes with AQ3004.
Learning Outcomes
- appreciation of genetic polymorphism and inter-population and intra-population relationships;
- appreciation of the potential and limitations of breeding programs;
- awareness of the recent advances in biotechnology for genetic studies and genetic manipulation;
- knowledge of the various techniques of genetic selection.
| Prerequisites: | BZ2420 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | AQ3004 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
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