Genetic assessment of five breeding populations of abalone (Haliotis midae) through a comparative Performance Testing Scheme

• Main Author: Vlok, Arnoldus Christiaan
• Other Authors: Brink, Danie, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Agrisciences. Dept. of Genetics.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2015
• Subjects: Abalone (Haliotis midae) > Genetic assessment; Performance recording scheme > Abalones; Abalone (Haliotis midae) > Breeding populations; UCTD; Walker Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96870

Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Cultured abalone in South Africa is undomesticated. For the local industry to remain competitive on the international markets it is essential to improve production. This study is part of a selective breeding component of a larger genetic...