Acronym NA
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Understanding postsmolt maturation in Atlantic salmon in the context of new, closed production systems Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Per Gunnar Fjelldal Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2016 End year 2020 Funding (€) € 1,044,600 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/254870?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=150&TemaEmne.2=Energi+-+Politikk+og+forvaltning&source=EU&projectId=731084 Summary With the increasing incidence of unwanted pubertal development in male Atlantic salmon post-smolts raised in new production systems, it is crucial to understand the physiological mechanisms triggering this development, in order to gain knowledge on how to avoid entrance into precocious puberty. This knowledge can serve as a resource for sustainable salmon farming, aiding in the development of best practice knowledge for preventing early puberty in new production systems. Previous work in fish identified the pituitary hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone (Fsh), as the major factor triggering entry into and completion of puberty. Detailed knowledge about the regulation of Fsh synthesis and secretion is therefore of decisive relevance for understanding the regulation of puberty, but is rather fragmentary in fish. The proposed project combines recent methodological developments (e.g. availability of clonal salmon lines; deep sequencing of coding and non-coding [pituitary] RNAs in the context of the recently published, annotated salmon genome) to make significant progress in studies on the epigenetic, transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of Fsh production and release. The data obtained will be highly relevant for salmon production biology and of high scientific quality, by providing both, practically relevant and scientifically original information on the biological basis of the plasticity of Atlantic salmon reproductive physiology.
Keywords
Genetic;
Salmon;
Engineering;
Fish reproduction;
Fish;
Fish biology;
Marine Region
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
44
Spitzbergen and Bear Island (27.IIb)
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