Applied Genetics Laboratory / Laboratorio de Genética aplicada, Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, PUCV

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
School of Marine Sciences – Applied Genetics Laboratory
Avda. Altamirano 1480, Valparaíso. Chile
Phone: 56-32-2274277
Fax: 2274206
E-mail: jose.gallardo@ucv.cl

modification of the expression of biological characteristics that are of interest in production, such as growth, quality, and resistance to parasites and other diseases.

Conservation of aquatic genetic resources : This work focuses on preserving species as dynamic entities capable of adapting to environmental changes. This covers a wide range of topics, including: inbreeding depression; loss of genetic diversity; reduced gene flow between populations; defining units of management; characterization of genetic diversity at the population level; estimation of evolutionary potential of populations (e.g., risk of extinction); and, in general terms, understanding the biology of aquatic species for purposes of conservation.

In a broad sense, applied genetics refers to the application of technical and procedural genetics to the resolution of economic and productivity problems, from a biological perspective. In the Applied Genetics Laboratory at the School of Marine Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), our work is centered around two main areas:

Improvement of aquaculture species : In this area we work with the appropriate techniques and procedures towards the improvement, adaptation, and selection of biological aquaculture species. Thanks to this work, increasingly better varieties of animals adapted to the conditions of cultivation are being obtained. In economic terms, this translates to greater profits, as a direct consequence of the