Zhanjiang (John) Liu is a Distinguished Alumni Professor, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures and Program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, and Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture at Auburn University. He also held appointments to 11 international universities such as Northwestern Agricultural University in China and the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences. Dr. Liu has served as the North American Editor for Marine Biotechnology since 2004, Associate Editor for BMC Genomics and BMC Genetics, and sits on the editorial board for Aquaculture, Animal Biotechnolgy and Reviews in Aquaculture. He published Aquaculture Genome Technologies with Blackwell in 2007, and lectures both nationally and internationally on various topics in fish molecular genetics and biotechnology.

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• Preface viiList of Contributors ixChapter 1  Genomic Variations and Marker Technologies for Genome-based Selection 3Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 2 Copy Number Variations 21Jianguo Lu and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 3 Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technologies and Applications 35Qingshu Meng and Jun YuChapter 4 Library Construction for Next Generation Sequencing 57Huseyin Kucuktas and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 5 SNP Discovery through De Novo Deep Sequencing Using the Next Generation of DNA Sequencers 69Geoffrey C. WaldbieserChapter 6 SNP Discovery through EST Data Mining 91Shaolin Wang and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 7 SNP Quality Assessment 109Shaolin Wang, Hong Liu, and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 8 SNP Genotyping Platforms 123Eric PeatmanChapter 9 SNP Analysis with Duplicated Fish Genomes: Differentiation of SNPs, Paralogous Sequence Variants, and Multisite Variants 133Cecilia Castaño Sánchez, Yniv Palti, and Caird RexroadChapter 10 Genomic Selection for Aquaculture: Principles and Procedures 151Anna K. SonessonChapter 11 Genomic Selection in Aquaculture: Methods and Practical Considerations 165Ashok Ragavendran and William M. MuirChapter 12 Comparison of Index Selection, BLUP, MAS, and Whole Genome Selection 185Zhenmin BaoIndex 219

Zhanjiang (John) Liu is a Distinguished Alumni Professor, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures and Program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, and Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture at Auburn University. He also held appointments to 11 international universities such as Northwestern Agricultural University in China and the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences. Dr. Liu has served as the North American Editor for Marine Biotechnology since 2004, Associate Editor for BMC Genomics and BMC Genetics, and sits on the editorial board for Aquaculture, Animal Biotechnolgy and Reviews in Aquaculture. He published Aquaculture Genome Technologies with Blackwell in 2007, and lectures both nationally and internationally on various topics in fish molecular genetics and biotechnology.

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• Preface viiList of Contributors ixChapter 1  Genomic Variations and Marker Technologies for Genome-based Selection 3Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 2 Copy Number Variations 21Jianguo Lu and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 3 Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technologies and Applications 35Qingshu Meng and Jun YuChapter 4 Library Construction for Next Generation Sequencing 57Huseyin Kucuktas and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 5 SNP Discovery through De Novo Deep Sequencing Using the Next Generation of DNA Sequencers 69Geoffrey C. WaldbieserChapter 6 SNP Discovery through EST Data Mining 91Shaolin Wang and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 7 SNP Quality Assessment 109Shaolin Wang, Hong Liu, and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 8 SNP Genotyping Platforms 123Eric PeatmanChapter 9 SNP Analysis with Duplicated Fish Genomes: Differentiation of SNPs, Paralogous Sequence Variants, and Multisite Variants 133Cecilia Castaño Sánchez, Yniv Palti, and Caird RexroadChapter 10 Genomic Selection for Aquaculture: Principles and Procedures 151Anna K. SonessonChapter 11 Genomic Selection in Aquaculture: Methods and Practical Considerations 165Ashok Ragavendran and William M. MuirChapter 12 Comparison of Index Selection, BLUP, MAS, and Whole Genome Selection 185Zhenmin BaoIndex 219

Zhanjiang (John) Liu is a Distinguished Alumni Professor, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures and Program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, and Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture at Auburn University. He also held appointments to 11 international universities such as Northwestern Agricultural University in China and the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences. Dr. Liu has served as the North American Editor for Marine Biotechnology since 2004, Associate Editor for BMC Genomics and BMC Genetics, and sits on the editorial board for Aquaculture, Animal Biotechnolgy and Reviews in Aquaculture. He published Aquaculture Genome Technologies with Blackwell in 2007, and lectures both nationally and internationally on various topics in fish molecular genetics and biotechnology.

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• Preface viiList of Contributors ixChapter 1  Genomic Variations and Marker Technologies for Genome-based Selection 3Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 2 Copy Number Variations 21Jianguo Lu and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 3 Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technologies and Applications 35Qingshu Meng and Jun YuChapter 4 Library Construction for Next Generation Sequencing 57Huseyin Kucuktas and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 5 SNP Discovery through De Novo Deep Sequencing Using the Next Generation of DNA Sequencers 69Geoffrey C. WaldbieserChapter 6 SNP Discovery through EST Data Mining 91Shaolin Wang and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 7 SNP Quality Assessment 109Shaolin Wang, Hong Liu, and Zhanjiang (John) LiuChapter 8 SNP Genotyping Platforms 123Eric PeatmanChapter 9 SNP Analysis with Duplicated Fish Genomes: Differentiation of SNPs, Paralogous Sequence Variants, and Multisite Variants 133Cecilia Castaño Sánchez, Yniv Palti, and Caird RexroadChapter 10 Genomic Selection for Aquaculture: Principles and Procedures 151Anna K. SonessonChapter 11 Genomic Selection in Aquaculture: Methods and Practical Considerations 165Ashok Ragavendran and William M. MuirChapter 12 Comparison of Index Selection, BLUP, MAS, and Whole Genome Selection 185Zhenmin BaoIndex 219