Publication Abstract

Genetics and fish breeding

C.E. Purdom

This book provides an account of practical fish genetics for scholars and fish breeders. Areas such as reproduction, mendelian inheritance, quantitative genetics, chromosomes, sex determination, hybridization, atypical modes of sexuality, control of sex ratio, chromosome engineering and gene manipulation are covered in detail. The ornamental and cultivated fish species featured in the book are also discussed.

Reference:

C.E. Purdom, 1993. Genetics and fish breeding. Chapman and Hall, London, Glasgow and New York. 277pp.