Tanzania: New bioinformatics tool will aid tilapia aquaculture

Published 2022년 1월 12일

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A new tool developed by a global research collaboration, led by the Earlham Institute, will aid tilapia aquaculture by accurately identifying tilapia species and hybrids, providing a cost-effective solution for monitoring local biodiversity. The tool could potentially conserve unique tilapia biodiversity in Tanzania and Africa, where inland aquaculture expansion is necessary due to climate change and population growth. The research, funded by various organizations, was published in Aquaculture and could have implications for tilapia farming and the protection of native species.

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New bioinformatics tool will aid tilapia aquaculture. A new genomics marker tool has been shown to accurately identify tilapia species and tell apart their hybrids, providing a novel resource to help develop aquaculture and empower conservation in Tanzania, Africa. Crucially, the new tool offers a cheaper solution than full genome data analysis – the current approach to monitoring local biodiversity. Led by the Earlham Institute, alongside the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Roehampton University, Bangor University, the University of Bristol and the University of East Anglia in the UK, the new genomics marker tool enables tilapia species identification and pinpoints hybridisation between invasive and native tilapia species. Tropical inland aquaculture production has increased rapidly in recent decades to 47m tonnes in 2018. Tilapia, a group of cichlid fish dominated by the genus Oreochromis and native to Africa and the Middle East, have been a key part of this expansion – ...

Source: Fish Focus