Heritability of growth traits in the Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer)

• Main Authors: Ye, Baoqing, Wan, Ziyi, Wang, Le, Pang, Hongyan, Wen, Yanfei, Liu, Huiming, Liang, Bing, Lim, Huan Sein, Jiang, Junhui, Yue, Genhua
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Asian Seabass; Breeding Program
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102626; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49486
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Growth is an economically important trait in aquaculture. To improve growth trait of the Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) we have been carrying out, since 2004, a selective breeding program. This study focuses on growth traits in the F2 fish generation, comprised of offspring from 23 mass crosses fr...