Genome editing and its applications in genetic improvement in aquaculture
In the aquaculture industry, selective breeding has played an important role in increasing aquaculture production significantly. To meet the global growing demand for high quality proteins, it is essential to apply novel technologies to accelerate breeding to facilitate the increase in aquacultur...
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John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
2025
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| Online Access: | http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/handle/123456789/21725 |
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| Summary: | In the aquaculture industry, selective breeding has played an important role in increasing
aquaculture production significantly. To meet the global growing demand for
high quality proteins, it is essential to apply novel technologies to accelerate breeding
to facilitate the increase in aquaculture production. Gene and genome editing technologies,
including ZFNs, TALLENS and Crispr/Cas9, are promising tools to speed up
genetic improvement. Among all the genome editing approaches, the CRISPR/Cas9
system is faster, cheaper and precise in editing genes/genomes. Therefore, the application
of CRISPR/Cas9 technology in the editing of genomes in aquaculture species is
emerging rapidly. It has been applied to precisely edit genes to identify gene functions
and generate the preferred traits in over 20 aquaculture species. This review summarises
the genome editing technologies and their applications in the rapid improvement
of economic traits in the aquaculture industry. Challenges and future directions of
genome editing are also discussed. |
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