AQ3004 - Aquaculture: Genetics and Stock Improvement
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| 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.Topics include: genetic selection, hybridisation, effective breeding numbers, sex reversal and chromosomal manipulation.
Learning Outcomes
- appreciation of genetic polymorphism, and interpopulation 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.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have a good understanding of basic biology, physiology, genetics and aquaculture, and should have completed BS2001 (or BZ2001) AND AQ2001 or equivalent. |
| Prerequisites: | (BS2001 OR BZ2001 OR AG2001) AND AQ2001 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | AQ5004 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 26-Aug-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Dean Jerry. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
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