Valentin Sergueievitch Kirpitchnikov (1908-1991) was born on August 14, 1908, at
Kineshma on the middle reaches of the Volga River. He studied at Moscow State University …

Fish resources in natural water bodies are tending to decrease due to intensified fishing, the
extensive construction of hydropower plants on rivers, and the pollution of seas and …

The genetic resources of common carp maintained at the Fish Culture Research Institute in
Szarvas, Hungary, are described. Eighteen Hungarian strains (landraces) and 13 strains …

A theoretical model describing the genetic aspect of the transition from traditional to modern
animal husbandry is presented. Traditional races are characterized by high tolerance to …

In our experiments we have used a laboratory model fish, the rosy barb (Barbus
conchonius), for hybridization with carp (Cyprinus carpio). We have produced reciprocal …

Some classical genetic methods such as mass selection or family selection used to improve
the productivity of common carp have produced poor results, hybridisation experiments were …

The breeding programme used in Hungary since 1962 for improving the productivity of the
common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is described. Initially, 1 male and 1 female from 10 strains …

Fish are widely used in numerous fields of basic and applied research. Currently, they are
the third laboratory animal group in numbers, and will become increasingly important …

A review. Genetic improvement efforts in Israel have focused mainly on common carp
(Cyprinus carpio) and tilapias and (only recently) on marine fish species. The breeding …

The development of a live gene bank of domesticated carp was started in the Fish Culture
Research Institute, Szarvas, in 1963, when common carp strains were collected from …