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Mapping QTL for Omega-3 Content in Hybrid Saline Tilapia.
Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Feb 2018
Lin Grace, Wang Le, Ngoh Si Te, Ji Lianghui, Orbán Laszlo, Yue Gen Hua
Abstract excerpt
Tilapia is one of most important foodfish species. The low omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid ratio in freshwater tilapia meat is disadvantageous for human health. Increasing omega-3 content is an important task in breeding to increase the nutritional value of tilapia. However, conventional breeding to increase omega-3 content is difficult and slow. To accelerate the increase of omega-3 through marker-assisted...
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