Championing Line Breeding and Hybridization in Aquaculture to Safeguard Intellectual Property

Line breeding and line hybridization are pivotal genetic strategies in aquaculture, enabling breeders to enhance traits such as growth rate, disease resistance, and environmental tolerance in species like tilapia and Asian seabass. Though resource-intensive, these techniques yield long-term benefits...

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Main Author: Gen Hua Yue
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/5/220
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description Line breeding and line hybridization are pivotal genetic strategies in aquaculture, enabling breeders to enhance traits such as growth rate, disease resistance, and environmental tolerance in species like tilapia and Asian seabass. Though resource-intensive, these techniques yield long-term benefits, including improved productivity and sustainability. Traditional intellectual property (IP) protections, such as patents, are challenging to enforce in aquaculture because the biological replication and unauthorized breeding of aquatic species make it difficult to track and control proprietary genetic materials. Line hybridization offers a biological safeguard by producing hybrids that are challenging to replicate without access to proprietary parent lines. This inherent IP protection empowers breeders to safeguard their innovations, fostering sustainable growth and profitability in the aquaculture industry.
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spelling doaj-art-e05f2d2df4bb4ffd8a8c461e780b19bd2025-08-20T03:14:41ZengMDPI AGFishes2410-38882025-05-0110522010.3390/fishes10050220Championing Line Breeding and Hybridization in Aquaculture to Safeguard Intellectual PropertyGen Hua Yue0Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604, SingaporeLine breeding and line hybridization are pivotal genetic strategies in aquaculture, enabling breeders to enhance traits such as growth rate, disease resistance, and environmental tolerance in species like tilapia and Asian seabass. Though resource-intensive, these techniques yield long-term benefits, including improved productivity and sustainability. Traditional intellectual property (IP) protections, such as patents, are challenging to enforce in aquaculture because the biological replication and unauthorized breeding of aquatic species make it difficult to track and control proprietary genetic materials. Line hybridization offers a biological safeguard by producing hybrids that are challenging to replicate without access to proprietary parent lines. This inherent IP protection empowers breeders to safeguard their innovations, fostering sustainable growth and profitability in the aquaculture industry.https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/5/220line breedingline hybridizationaquaculturegenetic improvementintellectual property protection
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Championing Line Breeding and Hybridization in Aquaculture to Safeguard Intellectual Property
Fishes
line breeding
line hybridization
aquaculture
genetic improvement
intellectual property protection
title Championing Line Breeding and Hybridization in Aquaculture to Safeguard Intellectual Property
title_full Championing Line Breeding and Hybridization in Aquaculture to Safeguard Intellectual Property
title_fullStr Championing Line Breeding and Hybridization in Aquaculture to Safeguard Intellectual Property
title_full_unstemmed Championing Line Breeding and Hybridization in Aquaculture to Safeguard Intellectual Property
title_short Championing Line Breeding and Hybridization in Aquaculture to Safeguard Intellectual Property
title_sort championing line breeding and hybridization in aquaculture to safeguard intellectual property
topic line breeding
line hybridization
aquaculture
genetic improvement
intellectual property protection
url https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/5/220
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