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Range-Wide Genetic Population Structure and Environmental Adaptation in the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Provides Insight for Aquaculture.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2026
Eppley Madeline G, Bajaj Kiran, Rumberger Camille, Leung Elisabeth, Mongillo Nicole, Small Jessica, Lotterhos Katie E
Abstract excerpt
Selective breeding in aquaculture is necessary to establish food security and meet demand for sustainably produced protein. An informed selective breeding program requires understanding how population structure, environmental adaptation, and human activities shape natural genetic variation in wil...
Topics
- Animals
- Aquaculture
- Genetics, Population
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Crassostrea
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Genotype
- Phylogeography
- Genetic Variation
- Environment
- Texas