Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5539449 | Aquaculture | 2017 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The GIFT project showed that five generations of repeated selection based on testing of individually tagged and pedigreed individuals from a synthetic farmed population of Nile tilapia gradually increased the body weight at harvest. The total increase was 67-88%. Reports from several descending populations shows that the selection response has continued during >Â 10-15 additional generations.
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Authors
Hans B. Bentsen, Bjarne Gjerde, Ambekar E. Eknath, Marietta S. Palada de Vera, Ravelina R. Velasco, Jocedel C. Danting, Edna E. Dionisio, Felicisima M. Longalong, Ruben A. Reyes, Tereso A. Abella, Melchor M. Tayamen, Raul W. Ponzoni,