Farming Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) is one of the most important aquaculture
industries around the world with China the biggest producer. To date however, this industry …

Abstract Knowledge about the origins and relative levels of genetic variation available in
domesticated strains can be used to develop robust synthetic populations for use in stock …

A base population containing broad genetic variation provides a fundamental resource for a
successful genetic improvement program. Here, we assess quantitative data on growth traits …

Seed production can be improved if genetic selection is applied to key reproductive traits
when a substantial amount additive genetic variation is present that can be exploited in a …

Abstract The Pacific White shrimp, Penaeus vannamei is the only invertebrate cultured
species in Cuba nowadays. Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) lines are imported from Shrimp …

The Mexican shrimp culture industry is based upon Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei
broodstock with a presumed common genetic origin and more than 10 generations of closed …

The white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, a species endemic to Latin America, is now being
cultured around the Pacific. L. vannamei aquaculture comprises about 80% of global shrimp …

Simple Summary The Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei), a high-yielding economic
shrimp, is facing germplasm degradation in the freshwater aquaculture environment in …

The inclusion of genomic information became a reality in shrimp breeding and it is expected
to accelerate the genetic gain over time. The decay of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between …

The uses of breeding programs for the Pacific white shrimp [Penaeus (Litopenaeus)
vannamei] based on mixed linear models with pedigreed data are described. The …