Phenomics: Potential Applications in Fisheries
V.L. Ramya
Regional Centre of ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka (560 089), India
Jesna P.K.*
Regional Centre of ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka (560 089), India
B.K. Das
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal (700 120), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Fish phenomics, Fisheries, High-throughput data, Information technology
Abstract
Phenomics is the study of phenome, which deals with the collection and analysis of phenotypic data. Phenotyping, being an integral part of phenomics, has been mostly studied in the case of plants and higher vertebrates, with limited studies on fish. Limitations in phenotyping make it more difficult to understand how genetics contributes to the transmission of quantitative traits. To enable the explicit and methodical investigation of the pleiotropic consequences of genetic variation, phenomics data is necessary. Fish phenotyping is still in its infancy and is confined to truss and classic morphometric investigations. This has sparked interest in creating high-throughput phenotyping techniques to evaluate the immense phenotypic plasticity of fish by integrating their genetic and phenotypic data.
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