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UK company SC438223, incorporated on 5 December 2012.
Genetic Solutions for Aquaculture - Xelect Ltd
The leading independent experts in genetic services for aquaculture. Breeding programme management, laboratory services and consultancy on genetics.
Company number SC438223
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Xelect develops and licensed genetic markers for broodstock selection in farmed fish. The company also provides a range of genetic services to the aquaculture industry worldwide.
Xelect develops genetic markers for selection of fish for breeding purposes and offers other genotyping services to the aquaculture industry.
The company has licensed genetic assays for high fillet yield in Atlantic salmon and Nile Tilapia to major breeding companies in Europe, Chile and SE Asia.
1 Aug 2013 to 30 Nov 2013
Around one out of every two fish eaten each day now comes from aquaculture. Salmon and other farmed fish are at a relatively early stage of domestication and there is considerable scope for increasing production efficiency and quality by using modern genetic technologies to select broodstock. Salmon that produce more muscle fibres have higher growth rate ...
1 Apr 2013 to 31 Oct 2013
Xelect Limited is a new spinout company from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Our core business is the development and licensing of genetic markers for optimized production traits in farmed fish. Our tests allow breeders to select parent fish with the most valuable characteristics from among the natural variation. The fat content of salmon is ess...
