Our research

The Family Production work package focuses on producing the families needed to develop the specific phenotypic and genetic resources required within the project.

The Genome Sequence work package will aim to produce a comprehensive draft genome and tissue-specific transcriptome of the black tiger prawn.

Understanding black tiger prawn genome structure and trait architecture is an important prerequisite of any advanced genetic selective breeding program.

The Phenotype acquisition work package will develop industrial-scale collection procedures and obtain phenotypic data for commercially important traits.

The Genonomic Prediction work package involves the estimation of genetic parameters (heritability, genetic correlations, GxE) along with the development and evaluation of advanced genomic selection and breeding techniques.