FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Genetic improvement of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) OT L'amélioration génétique de la carpe commune (Cyprinus carpio L.) BT AF VANDEPUTTE, Marc AS 1:1,2; FF 1:; C1 INRA, UMR1313, F-78350 Jouy En Josas, France. IFREMER, F-34250 Palavas Les Flots, France. C2 INRA, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI PALAVAS SE PDG-DOP-DCM-BOME-LALR IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-p187 IF 0.173 TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6563.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Selection;Population genetics;Cyprinus carpio;Breeding;Aquaculture AB Common carp was the first domesticated fish species and is now a major species in worldwide aquaculture. Although research has generated a considerable body of knowledge about its genetics, genetic improvement programmes are virtually non-existent in this species and only crossbreeding is used in practice. The main reasons are the inefficiency of methods usually effective in other aquaculture species (monosexing, triploidy), and the bad image of selective breeding which is difficult to implement in ponds, and for which reliable genetic parameters were missing until recently. These parameters are now becoming available through the use of parentage assignment with microsatellite markers. However, the question of selective breeding for growth remains far from simple, as growth is essentially linked to the productivity of the pond and to the stocking density of fish. We conclude that breeding should focus primarily on quality traits and possibly disease resistance which are easier to assess. Growth is a long term objective which can only be evaluated with large cumulated gains. Transgenesis could be an option for this goal, but along with the biosafety and acceptability issues it raises, its present results are quite disappointing, and therefore this technique does not at present seem to be an immediate answer to the situation. PY 2009 PD APR SO Cahiers Agricultures SN 1166-7699 PU John Libbey Eurotext ltd VL 18 IS 2 UT 000267439700026 BP 256 EP 261 DI 10.1684/agr.2009.0278 ID 6563 ER EF