Dear Colleagues, 

For the past 25 years, programs initiated to sustainably conserve animal genetic resources globally. The advancement have made in developing and implementing but there is still a large gap between the current state of genomic tools and their use for resource application and characterization to many local and non-commercial species and populations, impeding the consistent utilization of genomic and genetic data as indicators of genetic diversity. The development of improved methods to integrate environmental and genomic data with sciences and policy analysis is therefore required to meet this challenging target. This will allow for more adaptable, evidence based models to support conservation. The aquaculture, fisheries and farmed animal genomic sectors need to make a strenuous effort in the coming decade to enable the equalization of the powerful tools that are now at their disposal, and to ensure that they are applied in the context of conservation of species and populations.

Thus, we are interested in to collect original manuscripts covering all aspects of aquaculture/fisheries/ farmed animal genetics, such as population genetics, local breed, species, population investigation and/or quantitative genetics, genetic variability, gene polymorphisms, crossbreeding strategies are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions. Waqas Ahmad (Ph.D Zoology)

Section Editors