Edwin H Robinson

US Patent:

20040055029, Mar 18, 2004

Filed:

Sep 18, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/245698

Inventors:

William Wolters - Cleveland MS, US
Geoffrey Waldbieser - Cleveland MS, US
Brian Bosworth - Cleveland MS, US
Jeffrey Silverstein - Middletown MD, US
Edwin Robinson - Starkville MS, US

International Classification:

A01K067/027

US Classification:

800/020000, 119/200000

Abstract:

A substantially purebred non-transgenically developed fish produced by selecting fish having at least one desirable trait from a population of same species fish and preparing a DNA fingerprint of the selected fish so as to be able to identify breeder fish by use of selected microsatellite loci identified as being associated with fish having the at least one desired trait, breeding the selected breeder fish to produce offspring having the at least one desired trait. Also provided is a method for producing the substantially purebred non-transgenically developed fish.