harvest and maintain marine organisms, along with cutting-edge techniques for
deep sea exploration.
The book comprises eleven chapters followed by references and comprehensive
list of glossary.
Chapter 1 introduces the present, past, and future of marine biotechnology. In
this context, some are now predicting that the twenty-first century will more
specifically be called the ‘marine bio era.’ A major factor in this change is the
ever-expanding and understanding of previously less-known marine organisms,
along with the rapid development of industry-related biological technology.
In Chap. 2, the basic concepts of genetics have been elaborated to comprehend
the various aspects of marine biotechnology. It is very much essential to introduce
the basics of various aspects of genetics and other related areas to assist in
understanding the marine biotechnology. Furthermore, this chapter will also be
beneficial for those students who have not taken biology as one of the subjects in
their course curriculum.
The recent development of techniques for analyzing large base sequences has led
to efforts to decode the genomes of economically and academically important fish
varieties. In the fishing industry, decoding of fish genomes is extremely important in
three regards: for understanding biological phenomena, use of genome information
in selective breeding, and efficient classification of biological resources.
In this regard, Chap. 3 attempts to bring forth the basic understanding of fish
genetics, the knowledge of which can be used to restore marine ecosystems by
preserving various endangered marine species. Around the world, recent genomic
research has been conducted on fish varieties with high economic or industrial value
and applied in their breeding or industry use.
Efforts to produce superior, high value-added varieties, using genetic engineering to maximize the productivity over a short time, are underway worldwide.
Much research effort has been focused on fish, which have the highest economic
value among marine products. Additionally, the introduction of foreign genes from
various farmed fish varieties has recently been observed in laboratories in various
advanced economies, with investigations underway on gene expression and transmission to future generations. Hence, in the subsequent Chap. 4, the elementary
information of fish breeding and along with the application of marine biotechnology
has been elaborated in order to maximize the productivity efforts.
Chapter 5 attempts to give an overview of genetic diversity prevailing in marine
bio-system along with DNA markers in fish have been elaborated that can play
important role in marine farming research and other marine industries involved in
sea products. Like agriculture, fish farming subjects organisms to artificial management. In this chapter, emphasis on future genetic improvements to meet
ever-increasing demands of marine biomaterials has been discussed that will revolutionize the marine farming research and industry. Furthermore, in this chapter
we explained the use of marker in selective marine organism breeding, along with
an overview of its method and the current status of research of the field. An account
on achievements already made in other organisms has also been elaborated.
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deep sea exploration.
The book comprises eleven chapters followed by references and comprehensive
list of glossary.
Chapter 1 introduces the present, past, and future of marine biotechnology. In
this context, some are now predicting that the twenty-first century will more
specifically be called the ‘marine bio era.’ A major factor in this change is the
ever-expanding and understanding of previously less-known marine organisms,
along with the rapid development of industry-related biological technology.
In Chap. 2, the basic concepts of genetics have been elaborated to comprehend
the various aspects of marine biotechnology. It is very much essential to introduce
the basics of various aspects of genetics and other related areas to assist in
understanding the marine biotechnology. Furthermore, this chapter will also be
beneficial for those students who have not taken biology as one of the subjects in
their course curriculum.
The recent development of techniques for analyzing large base sequences has led
to efforts to decode the genomes of economically and academically important fish
varieties. In the fishing industry, decoding of fish genomes is extremely important in
three regards: for understanding biological phenomena, use of genome information
in selective breeding, and efficient classification of biological resources.
In this regard, Chap. 3 attempts to bring forth the basic understanding of fish
genetics, the knowledge of which can be used to restore marine ecosystems by
preserving various endangered marine species. Around the world, recent genomic
research has been conducted on fish varieties with high economic or industrial value
and applied in their breeding or industry use.
Efforts to produce superior, high value-added varieties, using genetic engineering to maximize the productivity over a short time, are underway worldwide.
Much research effort has been focused on fish, which have the highest economic
value among marine products. Additionally, the introduction of foreign genes from
various farmed fish varieties has recently been observed in laboratories in various
advanced economies, with investigations underway on gene expression and transmission to future generations. Hence, in the subsequent Chap. 4, the elementary
information of fish breeding and along with the application of marine biotechnology
has been elaborated in order to maximize the productivity efforts.
Chapter 5 attempts to give an overview of genetic diversity prevailing in marine
bio-system along with DNA markers in fish have been elaborated that can play
important role in marine farming research and other marine industries involved in
sea products. Like agriculture, fish farming subjects organisms to artificial management. In this chapter, emphasis on future genetic improvements to meet
ever-increasing demands of marine biomaterials has been discussed that will revolutionize the marine farming research and industry. Furthermore, in this chapter
we explained the use of marker in selective marine organism breeding, along with
an overview of its method and the current status of research of the field. An account
on achievements already made in other organisms has also been elaborated.
vi
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