Using Information Visualization Techniques for Fish Genetic Management

Abstract

The use of Information Visualization techniques and research into genetics have greatly improved knowledge in medicine, health, animal breeding, and even in commerce itself. The data is often complex in structure and difficult to understand. Researchers have obtained patterns and knowledge about these data, and with this, the processes of discovery about drugs for diseases, improvement in the cultivation of crops, and in animal breeding itself for a better yield in each of these areas. The goal is, through a tool with visualization techniques, to assist in the monitoring of genetic improvement in fish breeding belonging to the genetics laboratory of a partner university. The requirements survey was carried out with Ph.D. and Ph.D. students in the Aquaculture area.