Genotype-specific responses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) subject to dietary fish oil replacement by vegetable oil: a liver transcriptomic analysis

• Published in: BMC genomics Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 255
• Main Authors: Morais, Sofia, Pratoomyot, Jarunan, Taggart, John B, Bron, James E, Guy, Derrick R, Bell, J Gordon, Tocher, Douglas R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.05.2011; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Animals; Atlantic salmon; Dietary Fats, Unsaturated - pharmacology; Evolution, Molecular; Fatty Acids - metabolism; Fish Oils - pharmacology; Gene expression; Gene Expression Profiling; Genetic aspects; Genotype; Lipid Metabolism - drug effects; Lipid Metabolism - genetics; Liver - drug effects; Liver - metabolism; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; Physiological aspects; Plant Oils - pharmacology; Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Salmo salar - genetics; Salmo salar - metabolism; Salmon; Selection, Genetic; Transcription (Genetics); United Kingdom

Expansion of aquaculture is seriously limited by reductions in fish oil (FO) supply for aquafeeds. Terrestrial alternatives such as vegetable oils (VO) have been investigated and recently a strategy combining genetic selection with changes in diet formulations has been proposed to meet growing deman...