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24 July 2024

Source of tilapia diversity now a threat to survival

Cross-breeding is becoming an existential threat to aquaculture in East Africa and, if left unchecked, could lead to the disappearance of genetic diversity for one of the most widely-farmed freshwater fish in the world.
12 June 2023

Genomic resources to help boost climate resilience of fisheries

Candidate genes that could help fish to tolerate warmer and saltier water have been identified in new research from the Earlham Institute, potentially providing a vital resource to guide breeding programmes in freshwater aquaculture.
06 February 2023

Key tilapia genome offers boost to global food security

The first full, high-quality reference genome for a genetically improved tilapia strain has been published, offering the potential to improve food security for billions of the world’s poorest people.
09 December 2021

New bioinformatics tool spots hybrid fish that threaten the survival of natural tilapia populations in aquaculture

A new genomics marker tool has been shown to accurately identify tilapia species and tell apart their hybrids, providing a novel resource to help develop aquaculture and empower conservation in Tanzania, Africa.
14 January 2021

Genetic rewiring behind spectacular evolutionary explosion in East Africa

Genetic rewiring could have driven an evolutionary explosion in the shapes, sizes and adaptations of cichlid fish, in East Africa’s answer to Darwin’s Galapagos finches.
02 November 2020

Invasive species threat to newly discovered native tilapia biodiversity

Aquaculture is becoming more common - and more important - but the potential impact of fish farms on native biodiversity and ecosystems is only just surfacing.
22 October 2020

Researchers to explore the genetics of carbon-capturing algae

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Earlham Institute are to embark on the largest algal genome sequencing project to date.