Overview
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Aquaculture of Giant freshwater prawn in Asia supports an industry with an annual value in excess of USD 1 Billion per annum yet little attention has been paid to date on developing improved culture lines using applied genetic approaches. Identification and characterisation of genes linked to important quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that influence individual growth performance and disease resistance will enhance industry development. This project will trial a transcriptomics approach and screen variation in a bank of anonymous loci using microarrays to identify correlations between gene expression profiles and individual growth performance. Growth performance data are available from two breeding programs in Vietnam that employed individual selection or family selection where individuals were characterised for growth rate in replicated trials.
- Study level
- PhD
- Supervisors
- QUT External Robert Lyons (CSIRO)
- Organisational unit
Science and Engineering Faculty
- Research area
- Keywords
- aquaculture, ecology, disease resistance, growth performance
- Contact
- Please contact the supervisor.
Professor Peter Mather
Dr David Hurwood
