In Search of a Target Gene for a Desirable Phenotype in Aquaculture: Genome Editing of Cyprinidae and Salmonidae Species.

Aquaculture supplies the world food market with a significant amount of valuable protein. Highly productive aquaculture fishes can be derived by utilizing genome-editing methods, and the main problem is to choose a target gene to obtain the desirable phenotype. This paper presents a review of the studies of genome editing for genes controlling body development, growth, pigmentation and sex determination in five key aquaculture Salmonidae and Cyprinidae species, such as rainbow trout (), Atlantic salmon (), common carp (), goldfish (), Gibel carp () and the model fish zebrafish ().

Identification of microsatellite loci in sea anemones and (family Actiniidae).

From the DNA libraries enriched by the repeat motifs (AAAC) , (AATC) , (ACAG) , (ACCT) , (ACTC) , ACTG) , (AAAT) , (AACT) , (AAGT) , (AGAT) , for two viviparous sea anemones and 41 primer pairs were developed. These primer pairs resulted in the identification of 41 candidate microsatellite loci in either or . Polymorphic loci were identified in both sea anemone species for 13 of the primer pairs and can be applicable for population genetics researches.

Evolutionary relations and population differentiation of Brandt, Borodin, and Brandt.

Russian ( ), Persian ( ) and Siberian ( ) sturgeons are closely related 'Ponto-Caspian' species. Investigation of their population structure is an important problem, the solution of which determines measures for conservation of these species. According to previous studies, 'baerii-like' mitochondrial genotypes were found in the Caspian Sea among 35% of Russian sturgeon specimens, but were not found in Persian sturgeons.