Oysters are one of the most commercially important shellfish species and have been
cultured for thousands of years. Oyster aquaculture supports the major aquaculture …

Although heritability estimates for oyster production traits were extremely variable, it is
encouraging that all of the oyster selection experiments were successful in altering the …

Despite the economic importance of shellfish, genetic improvement has not yet had a great
impact on these species. Shellfish farming is traditionally based on wild species whose …

For the effective management of wild populations of pearl oysters, and their subsequent
commercial exploitation through aquaculture, it is important to have both a sound …

For over a century, harvests of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) have been declining
in the northeast. This trend has been particularly acute in the mid-Atlantic region where two …

OBJECTIVES: 1. Continued production of mass selection lines for growth rate and family
lines for growth rate and other industry-desired traits. 2. Creation of crossbred family lines to …

Abstract The United States Pacific Northwest is well known for its shellfish farming.
Historically, commercial harvests were dominated by the native Olympia oyster, Ostrea …

Molluscs are major aquaculture species worldwide. Molluscan aquaculture accounts for
approximately 27% of the total world aquaculture production. The use and exchange of …

Interspecific hybridization has been used as an important tool for genetic manipulation in
oyster culture with the aim to produce a new strains having desired traits from both the …

Oysters are important aquaculture species. They have relatively small genomes that are
poorly understood. A better understanding of the oyster genome is needed for genome …