Acronym RobustBass
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Advanced Selective Breeding for Robustness, Disease and Stress Resistance in European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus Labrix) Through the use of Next Generation Sequencing Techniques for Genetic Improvement Programme International Cooperation
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-European Coordinator Costas Tsigenopoulos Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
CSIC-ICM - Spanish National Research Council; Institute of Marine Sciences (Spain)
Institutions involved
NA - Akvaforsk Genetics Center AS (Norway) ,
ATEITH - Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (Greece) ,
ISEM - Montpellier Institute of Evolutionary Sciences (France) ,
NIREUS - NIREUS Aquaculture (Greece) ,
UoC - University of Crete (Greece) ,
Start year 2017 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 1,091,900 Website https://robustbass.hcmr.gr/ Summary Currently, only part of the European fish aquaculture industry fully exploits selective breeding to the best advantage (Chavanne et al., in press). The use of selective breeding is still relatively limited in few aquaculture species and the majority of breeding programmes is based on family selection.The aim of the proposal is to provide the genetic tools for a scientifically sound and effective genetic selection programme for European sea bass.
The specific objectives are:
1. to estimate genetic parameters for disease resistance to three different pathogens and to evaluate their inclusion into genetic breeding programs;
2. to investigate links between stress responsiveness and survival against frequently occurring diseases in European seabass;
3. to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated to disease resistance and cortisol response, (iii) use these genomic polymorphisms to identify the most suitable and cost effective genome-based approach for the genetic improvement of robustness and efficiency of the aquaculture European seabass.
Keywords
Growth rate;
Fish;
Seabass;
Selective breeding;
Disease;
Genetic;
Broodstocks;
Marine Region
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