Genomic Approaches to the Understanding of Disease Resistance and Innate Immunity in Catfish

Date of holding: 26/06/2013

Video language: English
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Genetic selection for disease resistance encoded in the genomes of blue catfish and channel catfish continues to hold the greatest potential for long-term solutions to aquaculture-based disease outbreaks. Progress towards this goal requires the development of genomic resources for catfish, including expressed sequence tags (ESTs). In the context of catfish immune research, ESTs provide a foundation for both research on individual immune-related genes and microarray-based transcriptome analysis following infection. Both approaches are needed to advance our knowledge of teleost immunity and move closer to identification of genetic sources of disease resistance.

John Liu
Auburn University
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