“…Thus, breeding strategies assisted by molecular DNA markers could be improved with detailed knowledge of the genetic composition of broodstock and offspring, minimizing inbreeding effects (Perez‐Enriquez, Takagi & Taniguchi ; Kim, Morishima, Satoh, Fujioka, Saito & Arai ). Selective breeding programs have been successfully applied to rainbow trout (Henryon, Berg, Olesen, Kjaer, Slierendrecht, Jokumsen & Lund ), common carp (Vandeputte ), sea bass (Garcia de Leon, Cannone, Quillet, Bonhomme & Chatain ; Costa, Vandeputte, Antonucci, Boglione, Menesatti, Cenadelli, Parati, Chavanne & Chatain ), Pacific threadfin (Wang, Iwai, Zhao, Lee & Yang ), oysters (Lallias, Boudry, Lapègue, King & Beaumont ), mussels (MacAvoy, Wood & Gardner ) and abalones (Kijima, Li & Park ; Vandeputte, Mauger & Dupont‐Nivet ; Hayes, Baranski, Goddard & Robinson ; Kube, Appleyard & Elliott ; Slabbert, Bester & D'Amato ).…”