Xelect Ltd, founded in 2012, is a spin-out company from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Follow-on funding from the Biotechnological & Biological Research Council of the UK enabled the commercialisation of decades of academic research. Our core business is the development of genetic markers for broodstock selection. Xelect has a strong pipeline of markers in development for other whole range of traits and species including tilapia, Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, coho salmon and barramundi. In addition, the company also offers a comprehensive genotyping service including relatedness analysis, sex determination, stock tracing and disease identification